Comment Sherpa By Pradeep Bashyal and Ankit Babu Adhikari
There are many Books about Sherpa Mountaineer over the years. I wrote some of my favorites This article from a few years ago. Very rarely written Sherpas’s perspective Own. Of the three in that post, one was an American who was fascinated by Americans, one was written by Australians and the other was written by Sherpas, who lived in the United States all his life. Perhaps more importantly, they are three generations of the tenzing family, which is a bit like watching three episodes in the UK to learn about life in Britain. crown.
A book approaches The story of capturing Sherpa from the horse’s mouthIt can be said that the appropriate title Sherpa: The Story of the Guardian of Everest and the Death I’ve read Pradeep Bashyal and Ankit Babu Adhikari recently.
The author is not Sherpas (their names provide clues), but Nepal reporter Interested in hiking and mountaineering, they hunted down interesting Sherpa characters and hiked to their mountain village to interview them.
Their travels make them broad, not only Khumbu (Mount Everest) Nepal region, but rolwaling,,,,, Makaru and Kanchenjuga area, Darjeeling In India, even to USA Interview with Sherpa migrants.
this The stories they discovered yes Many and diverse. Some are well known, such as Tenzing Norgay, the first to climb Mount Everest. Others cover names familiar to those who follow the world of commercial mountaineering: APA Sherpa, Kami Rita, Phurba Tashi and Ang Tshering. Although their names may be familiar, their background is rarely introduced in detail. This book helps bring them to life.
Some more interesting stories are covered Outstanding but nameless herosuch as Kushang Dorje and Pemba Dorje. If these names don’t mean anything to you, please continue reading. The chain that connects all these Sherpas together, and the reason all of them become famous is Mount Everest.
The first two chapters may contain the least interesting stories from the entire book (at least for me). Chapter One begins with a contemporary narrative of an experienced Sherpa who directed his senior clients on the southeastern ridge on the summit day. The people were lined up for them to pass, and a body was hanging from the rope. In fact, for the real life of every climber who takes Mount Everest on one of two standard routes. but also Clever and terrible. These are not things that make climbing Mount Everest an unforgettable experience.
Chapter 2 covers related Tragedy of Mount Everest in 2014 and 2015one is an avalanche triggered by a collapsed Serac, and the other is an avalanche triggered by an earthquake. These events have Wide coverage elsewhere (include Myself), there are few new ones available here.
But stick to it. In the half of Chapter 1, we can glimpse More exciting tone Provided by the rest of the book. We were introduced to Kancha (or Kanchha written in the book, but see My post about double aitches). He was the last surviving member of the British expedition in 1953, and the author was able to interview him, and then he also went to the glacier glacier in the sky for the last time.
18 years old, Kancha From his home in Nancy Market, he escaped from Darjeeling, India, where he knocked on the door of the Tenzing Norgay house in search of a job. Fortunately, Tenzing was able to get him to work because one of the 400 porters needed to transport equipment from Kathmandu to Everest Base Camp…even higher.
Kancha Tenzing and Hillary’s campsites On its historic first ascendant, above the south. Kancha conducted more expeditions, but only as a porter. This was early on the climbers were clients and the Sherpa Association was expected to accompany them to the summit. A few years later, Kancha saved enough money to quit the porter and opened a hotel in Namche that has survived to this day.
Tenzing Norgay I am covered in the subsequent chapters of this book. The story of how Tenzing moved to Darjeeling, befriend Angtharkay and pick it from a group of hopeful people at Eric Shipton Legendary stuff.
Some local superstitious shapes have an interesting twist, all of which suggest his existence Destined to be great. Shortly after his birth, the local lama declared that he was the reincarnation of a rich man. Around that time, his poor family quickly passed the production of 100 cattle species (I think this is still a standard measure in Tibet). As a kid, he fell asleep while caring for Yaks, found by a snake – considered as an embodiment of the Shiva god – looked up at him (there was a similar story since my own childhood, only I found my dog cocking my legs on my legs). Tenzing’s second wife, Ang Lhamu, is considered to be the embodiment of Mountay goddess Miyolangsangma, whose purpose of life is to guide him along his rich path.
A separate chapter covers some stories Giant of modern hiking and mountain climbingand how they succeed.
These include giants in mountaineering Operator as well as guide. The former includes Ang Tshering Sherpahe founded his company Asia Company in the 1960s after the logistics of the legendary 1963 Everest Expedition Company. He served as chairman of the Nepal Mountaineering Association (NMA) for many years and is arguably the most influential figure in Himalayas climbing in the past 50 years.
Other operators covered are Mingma, Chang Dawa and Tashi LhakpaThe three brothers in the Makalu area, after Mingma realized that being the first Sherpa to climb all 8,000 people, founded the company’s seven summit hikes would be a great marketing coup. He is right. Seven summit treks have completely dominated the 8,000-man team and have made the possibility of climbing all 14 commercial clients, as it has previously been achieved only by the bravest and most talented Himalayan climbers.
The greatness of mentoring includes some obvious candidates. APA, Phurba Tashi and Kami Rita are all world-renowned for their records on most Everests (Kami Rita now has a staggering 30 rises under his belt when writing about Kami Rita). The younger generation Mingma David Sherpahe became the youngest Sherpa to climb all 8,000 people at the age of 32, and was a mentor and later business partner to the more famous Nirmal “Nimal” Purja.
My favorite story is the weird stories about Sherpas, who may not be known for spoiling records, but are extraordinary. Lhakpa Sherpa is not his parents intending to be a climbing Sherpa. He is the son of Panuru Sherpa, who runs the Khumbu climbing center in Phortse and has climbed Mount Everest 17 times. In common with many climbing Sherpa universities, Panuru sent his son to Kathmandu for an education that allowed him to escape the climbing. but The mountain is in the heart of lhakpa. Unusually, Lhakpa decided to stay away from Panuru to set his path. He returned to Phortse and became a climbing Sherpa like his father.
One of the most compelling stories Kushang DorjeSherpa from Kanchen State area, sneaked away his family as a teenager in hopes of making money in Darjeeling. Along the way, he was deceived and sold to slavery in Bhutan. After a year of mine work, he escaped and returned to Darjeeling, where he found his way to climb. Eventually, he became the first to climb Mount Everest from three sides, not only the first Sherpa, but next to the standard routes on the north and south sides is a rare ascent of the Eastern (or kangshung) faces.
Pradeep and Ankit visit the Rolwaling area to meet with a family 11 siblingseight of them climbed Mount Everest. One of them is Pemba Dorje, who sets a speed record by climbing Mount Everest in 8 hours and 10 minutes in 2004. More often, when a brother dies in the avalanche of Pumori, the tragedy in the mountainous region is also moved by the tragedy.
tragedy Touching many stories in the book, most notably the stories of a few women. There is a story about Pasang Lhamu’s climbing partner, Lhakpa Futi, the first Sherpa woman to climb Mount Everest in 1993, who died in a storm during her descent. We learned about Furdiki Sherpa, whose husband Mingma died on the ice ice while working as an ice fall doctor. Furdiki teamed up with Nima Doma, who lost her husband in the 2014 Everest avalanche. Together they raised funds to climb the mountain in memory of her husband. Her husband died on North Ridge when her husband, who owns a successful hiking company, died in 2013 in North Ridge, and her husband worked to collapse his body over the next few years.
Pradeep and Ankit’s fascination with mountaineering shines on the pages of the book. They managed to achieve A delicate balance Strictly process their subjects while keeping journalists’ critical eyes. They obviously have deep respect for everyone they interviewed, but they avoid hero worship and deal with their subject matter in a fair way. More importantly, they provide Inspiring stories These have never been written before, which makes this book worth reading.
In recent years, there have been a large number of books on Sherpa collaboration. It is It should have been long ago and Sherpa: The Story of the Guardian of Everest and the Death It should be in the position.
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