Name: Ridge Lines: The Sherpa, Porters, and Fixers Who Make Summits Possible (en Inglés)
SKU: 66819794
Price: 29190.00 CLP
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Author: Von Mirelle, Clara
ISBN: 9789375360476

portada Ridge Lines: The Sherpa, Porters, and Fixers Who Make Summits Possible (en Inglés)

Ridge Lines: The Sherpa, Porters, and Fixers Who Make Summits Possible (en Inglés)

Formato

Libro Físico

Editorial

Mindful Pages

Autor

Von Mirelle, Clara

Idioma

Inglés

N° páginas

180

Encuadernación

Tapa Blanda

Dimensiones

22.9x15.2x1 cm

ISBN13

9789375360476

Ridge Lines: The Sherpa, Porters, and Fixers Who Make Summits Possible (en Inglés)

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Reseña del libro "Ridge Lines: The Sherpa, Porters, and Fixers Who Make Summits Possible (en Inglés)"

Most summit stories start at the top. This one starts in the kitchens, rope queues, radio tents, and dark pre-dawn corridors where other people's lives are already at stake. It follows sherpa mountaineering labour, high altitude porters, cooks, weather readers, and rescuers across Himalayan and Andean routes, showing how every step a client takes rests on a dense web of contracts, favours, and quiet expertise. Instead of repeating familiar hero narratives, the book treats the mountain as a workplace. It traces mountain village economies that depend on a few short seasons, unpacks himalaya climbing ethics and debates over fair pay, and listens to andes expedition workers weighing risk against school fees and medical bills. Rescue scenes and rescue stories mountains reveal who is expected to step forward when things go wrong and who pays the price long after helicopters leave. Along the way, the book spotlights women high altitude work, shifting roles for younger crews, and the uneasy balance of risk and reward climbing offers to whole communities. For readers who love big peaks but feel uneasy about behind the summit myths, it offers a more honest, grounded way to read expedition photos. The promise is simple: once you see how many hands are on the rope, you will never look at a summit shot the same way again.