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This month’s theme:
A friendly face
JAN BAKKER / Lakpa Sherpa
Meet Lakpa Sherpa. Lakpa supported us during a climbing expedition to the mountain Paldor
(5896m) in the Himal Ganesh, Nepal. He is traditionally a man of the mountains and a city dweller
in one, having lived in Kathmandu almost his entire life. Lakpa is probably one of the strongest
Sherpas I have worked with yet he was always making sure he looked cool. He must have taken a
couple of hundred selfies during the expedition. I photographed Lakpa with his stylish sunglasses
and a Himalayan peak in the background to show the changing lifestyle of the younger generation
Sherpas who still rely on working with foreign mountain expeditions to make a living.
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4 Outdoor focus | summer 2017