num_pages: 191
description: In 1955 Norman Hardie, fellow-countryman and climbing comrade of Sir Edmund Hillary, was one of those who stood at the summit of Kangchenjunga, the third highest mountain of the world. This was the culminating triumph of his mountaineering career, but it was not until the mountain was descended that his private adventure began.Parting from the main expedition at the Base Camp, Hardie walked with his Sherpa companions across the high ranges and through the deep valleys of upper Nepal until they came to the Sherpa village of Khumjung. There he lived for many months in exactly the same conditions as the Sherpa themselves, sharing their food and homes, joining in their festivals and taking part in all their traditional activities. Later he was joined by his wife and they shared Sherpa life together, while the author carried out a survey of the locality and settled some doubtful details in the maps.Norman Hardie's account of their life with the Sherpas is colourful in the extreme, and no aspect in the life and traditions of this fascinating people is ignored, while his adventures in the high places that are still inadequately mapped have both excitement and novelty.
language: English
title: In Highest Nepal
publisher: George Allen & Unwin