How to raise a Sherpa

If you have read any stories about Mt. Everest or the Himalayas, you'll probably have heard about a tribe called the Sherpa.

One of the questions I often get asked about after my talks is: "How can you climbers make those poor Sherpas work so hard to help you go up mountains?"

The interesting thing is: the Sherpas have actually turned their superior genetic advantage into their business. Guiding and helping teams up the highest mountains in the world - which are all in the Himalayas - is the Sherpas' way of feeding their families. Kind of like the same way a firefighter will sell his skill to help people out of burning building.

I'll write a few blogs on just 'how' it is that the that they are superior to ALL of us in the rest of the world.

Watch this space.