The Sherpas Transformed
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The Sherpas Transformed
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Author : Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf
language : en
Publisher: New Delhi : Sterling
Release Date : 1984
The Sherpas Transformed written by Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf and has been published by New Delhi : Sterling this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1984 with Sherpa (Nepalese people) categories.
Tigers Of The Snow
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Author : Jonathan Neale
language : en
Publisher: Macmillan
Release Date : 2002-06-29
Tigers Of The Snow written by Jonathan Neale and has been published by Macmillan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-06-29 with Sports & Recreation categories.
The true story of the tragedy and survival on one of the world's most dangerous mountains. In 1922 Himalayan climbers were British gentlemen, and their Sherpa and Tibetan porters were "coolies," unskilled and inexperienced casual laborers. By 1953 Sherpa Tenzing Norgay stood on the summit of Everest, and the coolies had become the "Tigers of the Snow." Jonathan Neale's absorbing new book is both a compelling history of the oft-forgotten heroes of mountaineering and a gripping account of the expedition that transformed the Sherpas into climbing legends. In 1934 a German-led team set off to climb the Himalayan peak of Nanga Parbat, the ninth highest mountain on earth. After a disastrous assault in 1895, no attempt had been made to conquer the mountain for thirty-nine years. The new Nazi government was determined to prove German physical superiority to the rest of the world. A heavily funded expedition was under pressure to deliver results. Like all climbers of the time, they did not really understand what altitude did to the human body. When a hurricane hit the leading party just short of the summit, the strongest German climbers headed down and left the weaker Germans and the Sherpas to die on the ridge. What happened in the next few days of death and fear changed forever how the Sherpa climbers thought of themselves. From that point on, they knew they were the decent and responsible people of the mountain. Jonathan Neale interviewed many old Sherpa men and women, including Ang Tsering, the last man off Nanga Parbat alive in 1934. Impeccably researched and superbly written, Tigers of the Snow is the compelling narrative of a climb gone wrong, set against the mountaineering history of the early twentieth century, the haunting background of German politics in the 1930s, and the hardship and passion of life in the Sherpa valleys.
Claiming The High Ground
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Author : Stanley F. Stevens
language : en
Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publishe
Release Date : 1996
Claiming The High Ground written by Stanley F. Stevens and has been published by Motilal Banarsidass Publishe this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Ethnology categories.
Stanley Stevens brings new ecological and historical perspectives to his study of a subsistence society in ever-increasing contact with the outside world. The Sherpas of the Mount Everest region, famous for their mountaineering exploits, have frequently been depicted as victims of the world`s highest-altitude tourist boom. But have the Sherpas and their homeland been transformed by tourism? He is the first to analyze the complex interaction of local environmental knowledge, cultural beliefs, and socio-economic and political conditions in changing sherpas subsistence strategies, land use practices, and local resources management institutions. Claiming the High ground is must reading for all those interested peoples and concerned about the conservation of the earth`s high places.
The Sherpas And Their Original Identity
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Author : Serku Sherpa
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Release Date : 2023-04-11
The Sherpas And Their Original Identity written by Serku Sherpa and has been published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-04-11 with Social Science categories.
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.
Tenzing Norgay And The Sherpas Of Everest
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Author : Tashi Tenzing
language : en
Publisher: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press
Release Date : 2001
Tenzing Norgay And The Sherpas Of Everest written by Tashi Tenzing and has been published by International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Focusing on some of the most famous climbs of the Himalayas, the author tells the story of his grandfather, Tenzing Norgay, who guided Hillary on the first successful ascent of Everest. He also explores many aspects of Sherpa society and history.
Religious Transformation In Modern Asia
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Author :
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2015-02-24
Religious Transformation In Modern Asia written by and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-02-24 with Religion categories.
Religious Transformation in Modern Asia offers phenomenological glimpses of the religious transition in 18th to 20th centuries. The colonial experience of indigenous Asian people, as case studies, will be expounded in relation to the emergence of a new religion, Christianity.
Sherpas
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Author : James F. Fisher
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 1990-05-01
Sherpas written by James F. Fisher and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990-05-01 with Social Science categories.
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.
Tigers Of The Snow And Other Virtual Sherpas
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Author : Vincanne Adams
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2014-05-06
Tigers Of The Snow And Other Virtual Sherpas written by Vincanne Adams and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-05-06 with Social Science categories.
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.
I Taste Fire Earth Rain
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Author : Caryl Sherpa
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2011-06-01
I Taste Fire Earth Rain written by Caryl Sherpa and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-06-01 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
"I TASTE FIRE, EARTH, RAIN...takes the reader into the remote places of Nepal, with glimpses of Sherpa culture and traditions. This book will enthrall everyone with its unique journey through a life with a Sherpa and rare insights into the Himalayan region." -LAKPA SHERPA, first Sherpa to climb the Seven Summits and Alpine Ascents International mountain guide who achieved fifteen Mount Everest summits Sometimes one is ready to take risks, accept the unexpected, and commit to a dramatically altered life. With this spirit, Caryl begins her journey around the world, open to the new and ready for adventure. As she treks around the Annapurna Mountains of Nepal, she finds herself attracted to her Sherpa trekking guide, Nima. She denies her feelings for Nima, but as she comes to know the land and the Sherpas, she falls in love with Nima, his country, his people, and their joy. Together, Caryl and Nima struggle to find balance in Los Angeles and Ann Arbor, but it is on their return to Nima's homeland near Mount Everest that they both come to terms with who they have now become. This is an inspiring story of love, cultural exploration, the importance of place, finding one's faith, and the revelation that in the Himalaya, anything is possible. Fire, earth, rain represent the triumvirate of three of the five elements of Tibetan Buddhist astrology that sustains life. Fire is heat, light, passion: earth is our foundation: rain purifies and sustains. Together, Caryl and Nima welcomed the elements of fire, earth, rain, which allowed them to grow, flourish, and transform.
Into The Silence
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Author : Wade Davis
language : en
Publisher: Vintage
Release Date : 2011-10-18
Into The Silence written by Wade Davis and has been published by Vintage this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-10-18 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The definitive story of the British adventurers who survived the trenches of World War I and went on to risk their lives climbing Mount Everest. On June 6, 1924, two men set out from a camp perched at 23,000 feet on an ice ledge just below the lip of Everest’s North Col. George Mallory, thirty-seven, was Britain’s finest climber. Sandy Irvine was a twenty-two-year-old Oxford scholar with little previous mountaineering experience. Neither of them returned. Drawing on more than a decade of prodigious research, bestselling author and explorer Wade Davis vividly re-creates the heroic efforts of Mallory and his fellow climbers, setting their significant achievements in sweeping historical context: from Britain’s nineteen-century imperial ambitions to the war that shaped Mallory’s generation. Theirs was a country broken, and the Everest expeditions emerged as a powerful symbol of national redemption and hope. In Davis’s rich exploration, he creates a timeless portrait of these remarkable men and their extraordinary times.