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Sherpa 2022

Book · 336 pages · British English

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Sherpa: Stories of Life and Death from the Forgotten Guardians of Everest is a 2022 narrative non-fiction book written by Nepali authors Pradeep Bashyal and Ankit Babu Adhikari. Published by Cassel, an imprint of Octopus Publishing Group, in the UK on 28 July 2022, it presents an oral history focusing on Sherpas. The work reveals lesser-known narratives of their mountaineering achievements and hardships. It received shortlisting for the 2023 Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature. In 2025, the authors were honored with the Tenzing-Hillary Award by the Government of Nepal for this book.

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Publisher
Octopus Publishing Group
ISBN
9781788403320
Pages
336
Format
Print (hardcover & paperback), Audiobook and e-book

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