The Everest Politics Show: Sorrow and Strife on the World's Highest Mountain
- ISBN-10
- 0993413064
- ISBN-13
- 9780993413063
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2017-01-31
- Publisher
- Mountain Footsteps Press
- Author
- Mark Horrell
Description
In 2014 Mark Horrell travelled to Nepal to climb Lhotse, which shares a base camp with Mount Everest. A devastating avalanche swept across the mountain, and suddenly he found himself witnessing the greatest natural disaster Everest had ever seen. When Sherpas came out in protest, his team were left shocked, bewildered and fearing for their safety.
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- 2016-11-24
- 173 pages
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