Sherpa

Author : Pemba Sherpa
Publisher : Bridging Worlds LLC
ISBN 13 : 9780985511142
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bridging Worlds written by Pemba Sherpa and published by Bridging Worlds LLC. This book was released on 2019-09-30 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Born into poverty in Nepal, Pemba Sherpa went on to become an accomplished alpinist and successful businessman living in the United States. Today, he works to improve the lives of Sherpas in the Khumbu region of northeast Nepal, overseeing a number of philanthropic projects. Maintaining a foot in two worlds, Pemba shares his unique perspective on the Everest expedition industry, life in America, and the changing Sherpa culture.

Author : Ellie Adkinson
Publisher : Sherpa
ISBN 13 : 9781739805500
Total Pages : 18 pages
Book Rating : 4.0X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sherpa, In Search of Snow written by Ellie Adkinson and published by Sherpa. This book was released on 2021-10-08 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wrap up warm because Sherpa is taking you to a wintery wonderland! Inspired by a real life adventure, 'In Search of Snow' follows the journey of Sherpa as he battles the elements to reach the mountains peak and make it back before dinner. YouTube's star snow dog has brought a smile to millions of faces around the world. In his first book he invites you to join him in making new beloved memories and reminds you to never give up. Check out Sherpa's YouTube channels here: https: //www.youtube.com/c/Sherpas_vanlife https: //www.youtube.com/c/SherpasDay

Author : Ang Tharkay
Publisher : Mountaineers Books
ISBN 13 : 1594859981
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sherpa written by Ang Tharkay and published by Mountaineers Books. This book was released on 2016-02-16 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CLICK HERE to download a sample from Sherpa • Ang Tharkay was the sirdar for Maurice Herzog’s Annapurna expedition in 1950—the first 8000-meter peak to be climbed • Ang Tharkay was a key member of the 1951 reconnaissance of Everest—which led to the successful 1953 ascent Sherpas have recently been in the public eye, in part because of the 2013 Everest “brawl,” the 2014 avalanche that took the lives of thirteen climbing Sherpas, and the 2015 earthquake that devastated Nepal. These events and others have led to much public discussion about how Sherpas today are treated and viewed by their Western employers. Sherpa expands our understanding of these issues by providing historical context. The autobiography of Ang Tharkay, who was born in 1908 and became one of the most renowned Sherpas of early Himalayan exploration, has long been a collector’s item in the original French-language edition but it has never been available in English until now. In Sherpa, Tharkay describes his experiences traveling with Eric Shipton and H.W. Tilman and as the sirdar (head Sherpa) on Maurice Herzog’s 1950 ascent of Annapurna. Few such Sherpa accounts have been written, and fewer still from these early Himalayan expeditions. Opening with a brief account of Tharkay’s childhood and background, Sherpa then immerses readers in expeditions on Everest, Nanga Parbat, and, of course, Annapurna. Tharkay reveals some of the politics within the Sherpa support teams: petty arguments and shared struggles that went unnoticed or at least unrecorded by those who hired them. Tharkay’s admiration of his employers is leavened with his recognition of their shortcomings, but his affection for the climbers who employed him, and theirs for him, radiates throughout the story. Sherpa includes an original foreword by Tashi Sherpa, founder of Sherpa Adventure Gear and the nephew of Ang Tharkay. He remembers how he and his young cousins worshipped “Agu” (Uncle) as a respected mountaineer and hero, a warm and safe presence for the family. This title is part of our LEGENDS AND LORE series. Click here > to learn more.

Author : Jamie Larder
Publisher : Sherpa
ISBN 13 : 9781739805517
Total Pages : 30 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sherpa, A Letter From Paris written by Jamie Larder and published by Sherpa. This book was released on 2022-02-07 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Grab your passport because Sherpa is taking you on a trip to Paris! After receiving a valentines letter from a secret admirer, Sherpa travels across the ocean to find who wrote the mystery note and to explore the city of love along the way. Who is waiting for him beneath the Eiffel Tower? Youtube's beloved snow dog is back with another heartwarming adventure. Follow him on a journey that celebrates love, friendship and living in the moment. 'A Letter From Paris' is the second book in the Sherpa series following 'In Search of Snow'. Check out the real Sherpa's YouTube channels here: https: //www.youtube.com/c/Sherpas_vanlife https: //www.youtube.com/c/SherpasDay

Author : Vincanne Adams
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 1400851777
Total Pages : 323 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tigers of the Snow and Other Virtual Sherpas written by Vincanne Adams and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2014-05-06 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sherpas are portrayed by Westerners as heroic mountain guides, or "tigers of the snow," as Buddhist adepts, and as a people in touch with intimate ways of life that seem no longer available in the Western world. In this book, Vincanne Adams explores how attempts to characterize an "authentic" Sherpa are complicated by Western fascination with Sherpas and by the Sherpas' desires to live up to Western portrayals of them. Noting that diplomatic aides at world summit meetings go by the name "Sherpa," as do a van in the U.K. built for rough terrain and a software product from Silicon Valley, Adams examines the "authenticating" effects of this mobile signifier on a community of Himalayan Sherpas who live at the base of Mount Everest, Nepal, and its "deauthenticating" effects on anthropological representation. This book speaks not only to anthropologists concerned with ethnographic portrayals of Otherness but also to those working in cultural studies who are concerned with ethnographically grounded analyses of representations. Throughout Adams illustrates how one might undertake an ethnography of transnationally produced subjects by using the notion of "virtual" identities. In a manner informed by both Buddhism and shamanism, virtual Sherpas are always both real and distilled reflections of the desires that produce them.

Author : Serku Sherpa
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1527594408
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Sherpas and Their Original Identity written by Serku Sherpa and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2023-04-11 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers a cultural and historical perspective on the Sherpa people, exploring how their traditional way of life has been impacted by such factors as urbanisation, modernisation, globalisation, and tourism. Though Nepal is a small country, it is rich in ethnic, religious, linguistic, and cultural resources. Various communities living in Nepal, including the Sherpas, have their own original cultures, traditions, and practices. Despite outside influence, the Sherpa people have preserved their distinct lifestyle, which encompasses a unique history, culture, religion, language, cuisine, and set of traditions. It was only after the summit of Everest in 1953 that domestic and foreign scholars began to take an interest in documenting the Sherpa people’s way of life. The Sherpa’s language is an oral one, and with this comes difficulties. Various translations into other languages have caused mistranslations and a loss of meaning. Written by a Sherpa, this book seeks to overcome these linguistic barriers and bring Sherpa culture to the reader. Serving as a collection of knowledge from distinguished scholars of the Sherpa community, religious leaders, intellectuals, social workers, and community organisations, this book is a unique (auto)ethnographic work which bridges the gap between researchers speaking other languages and Sherpa people.

Author : Sherry B. Ortner
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521292160
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sherpas Through Their Rituals written by Sherry B. Ortner and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1978-04-14 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Professor Ortner examines the Sherpas of the Himalayas.

Author : Robert A. Paul
Publisher : Motilal Banarsidass Publ.
ISBN 13 : 9788120805682
Total Pages : 374 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Sherpas of Nepal in the Tibetan Cultural Context written by Robert A. Paul and published by Motilal Banarsidass Publ.. This book was released on 1989 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Sherpas of Nepal written by Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1979 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : James F. Fisher
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520069412
Total Pages : 247 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sherpas written by James F. Fisher and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1990-05 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: James Fisher combines the strengths of technical anthropology, literary memoir, and striking photography in this telling study of rapid social change in Himalayan Nepal. The author first visited the Sherpas of Nepal when he accompanied Sir Edmund Hilary on the Himalayan Schoolhouse Expedition of 1964. Returning to the Everest region several times during the 1970s and 1980s, he discovered that the construction of the schools had far less impact than one of the by-products of their building: a short-take-off-and-landing airstrip. By reducing the time it took to travel between Kathmandu and the Everest region from a hike of several days to a 45-minute flight, the airstrip made a rapid increase in tourism possible. Beginning with his impressions of Sherpa society in pre-tourist days, Fisher traces the trajectory of contemporary Sherpa society reeling under the impact of modern education and mass tourism, and assesses the Sherpa's concerns for their future and how they believe these problems should be and eventually will be resolved.