| Title: | Dr Kami Sherpa 2, AMS and Porter Health |
| Authors: | Loomis, Molly |
| Keywords: | sherpa everest trekking yak herding |
| Issue Date: | Apr-2012 |
| Publisher: | World Oral Literature Project |
| Abstract: | Dr. Kami Sherpa discusses why high altitude mountain sickness seems to be increasing; the health of Rai porters; the future of altitude illness; measures being taken to improve porter education and porter health. 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'. |
| Description: | .wav and .mp3 versions of audio file |
| URI: | http://www.dspace.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/243457 |
| Appears in Collections: | Loomis: Himalayan Sherpa Collection |
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