Gaiety of Spirit – The Sherpas of Everest by Frances Klatzel

Gaiety of Spirit – The Sherpas of Everest by Frances KlatzelGaiety of Spirit is an exploration of a culture and a people. Sherpas have earned an extraordinary reputation on mountaineering expeditions. But, the Sherpas are actually an ethnic people who practise the rich traditions and culture of Himalayan Buddhism. Over the past three decades, Frances Klatzel has helped to create two museums of Sherpa culture describing their culture, traditions, and symbols. The Sherpas Everest Mountaineering Sherpas cultural

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