Sherpa: The Memoir of Ang Tharkay - Couverture souple

Tharkay, Ang

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1594859973 ISBN 13 : 9781594859977

Editeur : Mountaineers Books, 2016

Synopsis

Adventurous stories told from a non-Western perspective by one of the most accomplished early Himalayan climbersnow in English for the first time.

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 during 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 sirdarhead Sherpaon 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.

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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. He shares additional details on the history of Sherpas during the formidable 1930s era of Himalayan mountaineering, helping to give context to the legendary achievements that followed. Sherpas today are "indebted to Ang Tharkay and a legion of unsung compatriots who had climbed before them, whose amazing ability and valor provided the Sherpas their base and their inspiration.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Mountaineers Books
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1594859973
• ISBN 13: 9781594859977
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 192
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible