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© 2013 National Geographic; Video and photos courtesy Max Lowe
Everest Tourism Changed Sherpa Lives
May 17, 2013—The booming tourism industry aimed at putting people on the peak of Mt. Everest has radically changed the lives of Nepal's Sherpas. National Geographic Young Explorer and photographer Max Lowe recently spent two months in Nepal's Khumbu region, documenting some of those changes.
Three weeks ago 100 or more masked Sherpas attacked three European climbers with rocks and knives "Dog Pack" style in an attempt to enforce their commercial turf rights to Mt Everest through violence and intimidation. The climbers, some of the best in the World but who do not employ the Sherpas, were beaten and forced to beg and then flee for their lives.
http://www.alpineexposures.com/blogs/chamonix-conditions/7815849-everest-final-release
It speaks volumes that, to date, no Sherpa has come foreward with a FIRST HAND account to dispute this account.