SHERPA

Published by DEIA, Jan. 19, 2012



The huge Himalayan Mountains rises into the sky challenging the man who tries to conquer it. Kanchenjunga, Lhotse, Annapurna, Makalu, Cho Oyu and Everest are some impressive peaks of the Himalayas that have become the focus of countless hikers and mountaineers from around the world, seeking adventure, risk, and overcoming, sometimes even finding death.

But as famous as the names I mentioned above is also the people who have linked their existence and way of life to these mountains, The Sherpa. That is the name of these people who live at the center and south of the Himalayas who for years have worked in each of the mountaineering expeditions organized for the conquest of one of the many giant mountains that populate this area.

I recently read an article about this town that caught my attention. Most Sherpa live in the eastern region of Nepal and it is estimated that today there is about 180,000 worldwide, spread across China, Tibet, Nepal and India. Their skill at crossing through challenging mountains and the continuous contact with Western culture has shaped their way of life completely in the past they were farmers and traders.

Since the last century have been requested to accompany the mountaineers in their adventures through the most rugged place of the planet showing not only showing toughness or skill but mental strength that is amazing in which drives and allows these people, short in stature with a huge heart, to achieve feats and always from a subtle way.

How many people have crossed the enormous crater of anonymity on tiptoe having been instrumental in the achievement of a desired company?

If for centuries they have venerated their great sacred mountains as home of the gods, today the Sherpa help anyone brave who wants to conquer for a moment, the spectacular views that the gods jealously guard their mansions and everything under the humility and sweetness of calling themselves "the tigers of the mountains."

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PUNTAREN PUNTAN

Published by DEIA, Nov. 17, 2011



Rightly or wrongly we all try to stretch the most of our youth. Health, energy and, above all, the illusion that surrounds us are the hallmarks of it. Not many years ago a 60 year-old person was considered old and was beginning to cease certain daily activities. Today, I guess it could be because of our way of living but also for other reasons, the elderly have to face an abrupt cessation of activity. And as it is, reading a very surprising article I found about a mountaineer.
Carlos Soria was born in Avila in 1939, which lived through the war, and since then he has never stopped dreaming of the mountains, one of his great passions in life. This upholsterer worker, always linked to mountaineering, ascended his first eight thousand at 51 and since then has carried out a series of expeditions until this spring, and with his 72 years, has been able to crown thttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifhe Lohtse. Next March he wants to try the Kanchenjunga, Annapurna and then finally closing the Dhaulagiri mountains.
Anyone who reads this article would think Carlos is a lucky man, and yes it is true, it is. But also we must make a second reading of history, Carlos’s knees hurt, his back bothers much, and until he retired he couldn’t live intensity his passion.
To carry out his Everest expedition he had to borrow money from the bank, demonstrating a strong personal involvement in what he wanted. A friend of mine says "do not look at my achievements, let’s analyze my efforts." We usually always stay with the outcome of things without realizing what the person betted and lost on the way. Every dream, every achievement carries a price we have to pay and are the ones who decide to go ahead with it or not. Moreover, in the case of Carlos, this is all possible by keeping your mind young, as I have always said, it is there, where things are born, die and coexist all that we can do or not.

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