Other Everests book launch at Kendal Mountain Festival

Name: Other Everests book launch at Kendal Mountain Festival
Start: 2024-11-24T13:30:00+00:00
Location: Brewery Arts

Schedule

Sun Nov 24 2024 at 01:30 pm

UTC+00:00

Location

Brewery Arts | Kendal, EN

Launch of Other Everests: One Mountain, Many Worlds at Kendal Mountain Festival.
Please book here: https://tickets.kendalmountainfestival.com/schedule/669f8e76cdfb85003310b9cb
A hundred years after the tragic 1924 British Everest Expedition, Mount Everest looms large in the popular imagination. But there are many more stories waiting to be told.
Other Everests brings together new voices and perspectives on the historical and cultural significance of Everest in the modern world. The book shines a light on the overlooked role of local people and high-altitude workers, while also revealing the significant contributions women have made to climbing the mountain and writing its history. It explores the depiction of Everest in a range of media and investigates how the forces of nationalism and commercialism have shaped many different 'Everests'.
We can go and see Jolyanna Sinanan’s exhibition afterwards if we like!