Loomis: Himalayan Sherpa Collection: Dr Kami Sherpa 1, Brain Drain

Duration: 1 min 46 secs
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Description: Dr. Kami Sherpa discusses some of the challenges of recruiting Nepali doctors that are willing to stay and work long term in the Khumbu.
 
Created: 2012-05-29 10:36
Collection: World Oral Literature Project Collections
Publisher: University of Cambridge
Copyright: World Oral Literature Project
Language: eng (English)
Keywords: sherpa; everest; trekking; yak; herding;
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Actor:  Dr. Kami Sherpa
Actor:  Molly Loomis
 
Abstract: These recordings were made on a trek in the spring of 2011 up to Mount Everest Base Camp. The recordings span a wide variety of topics from making and drinking chang to the work of Mount Everest's 'ice fall doctors'.
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