Because there are Sherpas

‘Sherpa’ provides unique insights about several generations of Sherpas and how they view mountaineering as a profession.

“Why climb Everest?” a reporter asked Sir Edmund Hillary. Hillary’s hilarious reply to this was, “Because it’s there!” What may have been Hillary’s instantaneous not-so-well-thought-of expression about why people pursue climbing may sound a little absurd and ambiguous, but it eventually became the three most famous words in the world of mountaineering.