Everest politics show: sorrow and strife on the world's highest mountain [Paperback edition] 9780993413063, 9780993413056, 0993413064

In April 2014 Mark Horrell went on a mountaineering expedition to Nepal, hoping to climb Lhotse, the fourth-highest moun

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English Pages 167 pages; 22 cm Year 2017

Table of contents :
The start of the everest trail --
My kingdom for a horse --
The seedy side of Namche --
The plot thickens --
Birthday peanuts --
Acclimatising on Pokalde --
The glare of the Khumbu --
Peace and solitude --Arrival at base camp --
Settling in at base camp --
The puja --
Ladder training --
A walk to Pumori base camp --
Icefall fears --
The icefall --
Tragedy --
A storm brewing --
The sherpa summons --
Rumours --
Rally --
Escape to the hills --
Summit meeting --
Bewilderment --
Escape from base camp --
The double Everest tragedy --
Epilogue one year on.

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