3 résultats pour "sherpas"

• Sherpas - anthropologie.

• ENCYCLOPEDIE: Everest

  EvEREST L'empereur des cimes L ,Everest domine le monde, mais les peuples qui vivent sur ses versants, Sherpas au Népal et Tibétains en Chine , ont su de tout temps trouver les chemins pour le traverser. D e ses 8 846 rn, le mont Everest domine toute la chame de l'Himalaya mais aussi l e reste du globe . Situé à la frontière du Tibet et du Népal, entre l'Arun et son affluent , la Sun Kosi, il est entouré de trois...

• Mount Everest - geography.

  endangered or killed when their tents collapsed or were ripped to shreds by the gales. Hypothermia, the dramatic loss of body heat, is also a major and debilitatingproblem in this region of high winds and low temperatures. Another hazard facing Everest climbers is the famous Khumbu icefall, which is located not far above Base Camp and is caused by the rapid movement of the Khumbuglacier over the steep rock underneath. The movement breaks the ice into sérac (large, pointed masses of ice) cliffs...