Life and death on Mt. Everest: Sherpas and Himalayan mountaineering

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List of Illustrations ix Acknowledgments Xi Note to the Reader xiii CHAPTER 1. Beginning 3 CHAPTER 2. Sahibs 26 CHAPTER 3. Sherpas 56 CHAPTER 4. Monks 90 CHAPTER 5. Death 124 CHAPTER 6. Men 149 CHAPTER 7. Counterculture 185 CHAPTER 8. Women 217 CHAPTER 9. Reconfigurations 248 CHAPTER 10. Epilogue 281 APPENDIX A.Tales 295 APPENDIX B. Monasteries 307 Notes 319 References Cited 355 Index 369

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