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PASANG: In the Shadow of Everest

  • Lopez Island Grange #1060 452 Richardson Rd. Lopez Island, WA 98261 (map)

Lopez Island Grange Presents PASANG

About: PASANG: In the Shadow of Everest chronicles Pasang Lhamu Sherpa’s tragic and inspiring journey to become the first Nepali woman to summit Everest in 1993. As an uneducated, indigenous woman and a Buddhist in a Hindu kingdom, Pasang’s dream to scale the legendary mountain pits her against family, foreign climbers, her own government, and nature itself. Her determined pursuit of Everest plays out within the context of her nation’s quest for democracy and the emergence of the commercial climbing industry. As told by the Nepalis who knew her, by some of the world's most notable alpinists, and by Pasang herself, her historic quest would transfix her country and uplift a new generation's belief in its possibilities.

Trailer: https://youtu.be/n7HNRz1gwMY

FREE by Donation. All donations graciously added to the Grange's building maintenance and restoration fund.