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Title:

Sherpas, the true heroes of Mount Everest [videorecording] / produced and directed by Frank Senn, Hari Thapa, Otto C. Honegger.

Format:

[videorecording] /

Publisher:

Contemporary Vision Nepal,

Copyright Date:

c2009

Description:

1 videodisc of 1 (DVD) (ca. 95 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Documentary films--Nepal.
Feature films--Nepal.
Foreign films.
Sherpa (Nepalese people)--Social conditions.
Sherpa (Nepalese people)--Economic conditions.
Mountaineering--Mount Everest (China and Nepal)

Other Authors:

Senn, Frank, production. production.
Thapa, Hari, production. production.
Honegger, Otto C., 1945-
Villiger, Martin, music.
Schweizer Fernsehen DRS.

Notes:

Copyright statement on title screen: SF/Arte. Summary taken from container.

Summary:

Film shows the work, the hardship, and the life of the Sherpas at the Mount Everest, With their eyes we follow the expedition of the Swiss mountain guide Kari Kobler and his European climbers to the highest mountain of the world. For the first time this film shows the stories of Sherpas, their feelings and fears on the climb of Mount Everest. They tell us bluntly what it means for them to work for western clients, to act as their ladders to the top of world.

OCLC:

(OCoLC)715096696

LCCN:

2010327852

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)