I’m excited to announce that my translation of “Sherpa: The Memoir of Ang Tharkay” has just been published by Mountaineers Books. It’s a great read (even if you don’t know the translator!); Ang Tharkay was the sirdar (head Sherpa) on the 1950 French expedition to Annapurna, the first 8,000 meter peak to be successfully climbed. […]
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