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12th October 2023

Jedi Mind Tricks

After writing my post about the deaths of Anna Gutu and Mingmar Sherpa on Shishapangma, a PR machine has rolled into place. Instagram accounts have been curated. Lives sanitised. And there it is: another microcosm of what goes on everywhere in our world of media manipulation and those shimmery windows into our lives.

9th October 2023

On the shoulders of giants

The death of an American woman in a race to complete all 8,000m peaks and of her Nepalese guide can't be blamed on inexperience: avalanches can hit anyone, and Migmar Sherpa was an expert mountaineer. But the fact that non-climbers are up in the death zone makes you wonder... What business do they have up there, and what controls could there be in place to protect the environment, the sherpas and the clients?