Alpine Rising
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Alpine Rising

Sherpas, Baltis, and the Triumph of Local Climbers in the Greater Ranges

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eBook - ePub

Alpine Rising

Sherpas, Baltis, and the Triumph of Local Climbers in the Greater Ranges

About this book

2024 National Outdoor Book Award Winner
2024 Banff Mountain Book Competition Mountain Literature Winner - The Jon Whyte Award " Alpine Rising is a fascinating history of the crucial and frequently tragic role of local Nepalis, Tibetans, and Pakistanis on mountaineering expeditions to the world's highest peaks."-- Jon Krakauer The name of Maurice Herzog, the first man to reach the summit of Annapurna, is widely recognized, but how many know Ang Tharkay, leader of the Sherpa team who carried the seriously frostbitten Herzog on his back for miles? Although rarely mentioned in published accounts of early expeditions, local climbers have long been significant members of first ascents on the world's tallest and most challenging peaks. In Alpine Rising, award-winning writer Bernadette McDonald sets the record straight by shining a light on these too often forgotten heroes.Now, in the 21st century, it is often local climbers who are setting records. A Nepali team was the first to climb K2 in winter; they reached the summit while singing their national anthem. Pakistani climbers like Little Karim and Ali Sadpara devoted their lives to helping others survive and succeed on and off the mountains and their stories deserve to be more widely known. Not only a timely reminder of the need to recognize the contributions of local climbers and the importance of correcting the historical record, Alpine Rising is a celebration of a region's local heroes.Sales benefit the Khumbu Climbing Center (Nepal) and the ASCEND climbing program for girls (Pakistan)

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Information

Publisher
Mountaineers Books
Year
2024
eBook ISBN
9781680515794
Edition
0
Subtopic
Historical Biographies

Table of contents

  1. Apine Rising
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Author’s Note
  6. Introduction One Summit—Two Centuries
  7. CHAPTER ONE Ten Rupees a Digit
  8. CHAPTER TWO A Thin Black Wallet: Tragedy on K2
  9. CHAPTER THREE Darjeeling Tigers
  10. CHAPTER FOUR Father of the Modern Sherpa Guide
  11. CHAPTER FIVE The First Superstar
  12. CHAPTER SIX Forgotten Hero
  13. CHAPTER SEVEN Not Allah, Little Karim
  14. CHAPTER EIGHT Turning Points
  15. CHAPTER NINE Tower of Babel
  16. CHAPTER TEN Days of Joy and Sorrow
  17. CHAPTER ELEVEN Sadpara Climbers—Masters of Winter
  18. CHAPTER TWELVE Ice Warriors
  19. CHAPTER THIRTEEN Day Job on Everest
  20. CHAPTER FOURTEEN Big Mountains Are Big Business
  21. CHAPTER FIFTEEN Gaps in the Line
  22. CHAPTER SIXTEEN The Nimsdai Effect
  23. CHAPTER SEVENTEEN Rolwaling’s Mingma G
  24. CHAPTER EIGHTEEN K2 in Winter
  25. CHAPTER NINETEEN The Maoists Are Coming
  26. Epilogue Light and Shadow
  27. Acknowledgments
  28. Notes
  29. Select Bibliography and Sources
  30. Index
  31. About the Author