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Labour in the lofty peaks: porters in the Everest expeditions (1921 - 1938) - Nokmedemla Lemtur

[In-person and online] Through the Society's Mount Everest collection, this talk recounts the contribution of the porters in the mountaineering expeditions, and explores the possibilities of how a history of their participation can be drawn out through such archival materials.

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