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Everest, Inc. : the renegades and rogues who built an industry at the top of the world / Will Cockrell.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Gallery Books, 2024Edition: First Gallery Books hardcover editionDescription: x, 331 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, maps ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781982190453
  • 1982190450
Other title:
  • Renegades and rogues who built an industry at the top of the world
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Large mouth bass -- Peak XV -- The 174th ascent of Mount Everest -- Seven summits fever -- The new race to the top -- One hundred percent success -- The art of guiding -- The big five -- The imperfect storm -- The world's worst self-help book -- The immortality project -- The big top -- The weight of history -- An insurgency in waiting -- Free Mount Everest -- Collapse -- Everest through a lens -- Under new management -- The Himalayan fame game -- #brotherhood.
Summary: "Anyone who has read Jon Krakauer's Into Thin Air or has seen a recent photo of climbers standing in line to get to the top of Everest may think they have the mountain pretty well figured out. It's an extreme landscape where bad weather and incredible altitude can occasionally kill, but more so an overcrowded, trashed-out recreation destination where rich clients pad their egos--and social media feeds--while exploiting local Sherpas. There's some truth to these clichés, but they're a sliver of the story. Unlike any book to date, Everest, Inc. gets to the heart of the mountain through the definitive story of its greatest invention: the Himalayan guiding industry. It all began in the 1980s with a few boot-strapping entrepreneurs who paired raw courage and naked ambition with a new style of expedition planning. Many of them are still living and climbing today, and as a result of their astonishing success, ninety percent of the people now on Everest are clients or employees of guided expeditions. Studded with quotes from original interviews with more than a hundred western and Sherpa climbers, clients, writers, filmmakers, and even a Hollywood actor, Everest, Inc. foregrounds the voices of the people who have made the mountain what it is today. And while there is plenty of high-altitude drama in unpacking the last forty years of Everest tragedy and triumph, it ultimately transcends stereotypes and tells the uplifting counternarrative of the army of journeymen and women who have made people's dreams come true, and of the Nepalis who are pushing the industry into the future"-- Amazon.com.
Holdings
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Adult Book Adult Book Dr. James Carlson Library NonFiction New 796.522 C666 Checked out 07/13/2024 33111011129224
Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction New 796.522 C666 Available 33111011345424
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Featuring original interviews with Everest mountain guides and climbers, this is "a fast-moving, nuanced account of the peak's transformation from the ultimate mountaineering challenge into a booming business opportunity" (Joshua Hammer, New York Times bestselling author).

Anyone who has read Jon Krakauer's Into Thin Air or has seen a recent photo of climbers standing in line to get to the top of Everest may think they have a sense of what the world's highest mountain is like. It's an extreme landscape where bad weather and incredible altitude can kill; an overcrowded, trashed-out recreation destination; and a place where the rich exploit local Sherpas while padding their egos--and social media feeds.

There's some truth to these clichés, but they're a sliver of the story . Unlike any book to date, Everest, Inc. is the definitive account of how a few daring entrepreneurs paired raw courage and naked ambition to get paying clients safely up and down Everest. Until the late eighties, such a thing was considered impossible. Within a few years, Everest guiding was a burgeoning industry. Today, ninety percent of the people on the mountain are clients or employees of guided expeditions.

Studded with quotes from original interviews with more than a hundred Western and Sherpa climbers, clients, writers, and filmmakers--including Jimmy Chin and Conrad Anker-- Everest, Inc. foregrounds the colorful voices of the people who have made the mountain what it is today. As professional climber and author Freddie Wilkinson says, "Whether you are thinking about taking a crack at the world's highest peak or are simply an armchair mountaineer trying to make sense of the complex dynamics driving the modern Everest industry, Everest, Inc. should be required reading."

"Anyone who has read Jon Krakauer's Into Thin Air or has seen a recent photo of climbers standing in line to get to the top of Everest may think they have the mountain pretty well figured out. It's an extreme landscape where bad weather and incredible altitude can occasionally kill, but more so an overcrowded, trashed-out recreation destination where rich clients pad their egos--and social media feeds--while exploiting local Sherpas. There's some truth to these clichés, but they're a sliver of the story. Unlike any book to date, Everest, Inc. gets to the heart of the mountain through the definitive story of its greatest invention: the Himalayan guiding industry. It all began in the 1980s with a few boot-strapping entrepreneurs who paired raw courage and naked ambition with a new style of expedition planning. Many of them are still living and climbing today, and as a result of their astonishing success, ninety percent of the people now on Everest are clients or employees of guided expeditions. Studded with quotes from original interviews with more than a hundred western and Sherpa climbers, clients, writers, filmmakers, and even a Hollywood actor, Everest, Inc. foregrounds the voices of the people who have made the mountain what it is today. And while there is plenty of high-altitude drama in unpacking the last forty years of Everest tragedy and triumph, it ultimately transcends stereotypes and tells the uplifting counternarrative of the army of journeymen and women who have made people's dreams come true, and of the Nepalis who are pushing the industry into the future"-- Amazon.com.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Large mouth bass -- Peak XV -- The 174th ascent of Mount Everest -- Seven summits fever -- The new race to the top -- One hundred percent success -- The art of guiding -- The big five -- The imperfect storm -- The world's worst self-help book -- The immortality project -- The big top -- The weight of history -- An insurgency in waiting -- Free Mount Everest -- Collapse -- Everest through a lens -- Under new management -- The Himalayan fame game -- #brotherhood.

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