{"product_id":"the-everest-politics-show-mark-horrell-9780993413063","title":"The Everest Politics Show: Sorrow and strife on the world's highest mountain","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn April 2014 Mark Horrell went on a mountaineering expedition to Nepal, hoping to climb Lhotse, the fourth-highest mountain in the world, which shares a base camp and climbing route with Mount Everest.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHe dreamed of following in the footsteps of Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary, by climbing through the infamous ice maze of the Khumbu Icefall, and he yearned to sleep in the grand amphitheatre of Everest Base Camp, surrounded by towering peaks.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHe was also intrigued by the media publicity surrounding commercial expeditions to Everest. He wanted to discover for himself whether it had become the circus that everybody described.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBut when a devastating avalanche swept across the Khumbu Icefall, he got more than he bargained for. Suddenly he found himself witnessing the greatest natural disaster Everest had ever seen.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnd that was just the start. Everest Sherpas came out in protest, issuing a list of demands to the Government of Nepal. What happened next left his team shocked, bewildered and fearing for their safety.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mark Horrell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0993413064\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780993413063\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Mountain Footsteps Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/31\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 174\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.40d","brand":"Mark Horrell","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43927179624703,"sku":"9780993413063","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_1c7979e7-7832-4481-b8ad-d9ffe04d4670.jpg?v=1681087312","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-everest-politics-show-mark-horrell-9780993413063","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}