Nepal and the Money Train
The recent avalanche on Everest that killed 16 Sherpa guides has exposed major ethnic and financial fissures at the top of the world. Four experts will discuss the role money plays in the mountains of Nepal: Ben Ayers, Nepal country director for dZi Foundation; Wade Davis, who wrote Into the Silence about George Mallory; photographer Aaron Huey, who is documenting Sherpas guides for National Geographic magazine; and Norbu Tenzing, vice-president of the American Himalayan Foundation and the son of Tenzing Norgay.