A Sherpa's journey up Everest becomes a battle for the soul of every worker on earth.
Tenzing has spent forty seasons on the mountain-not as a conqueror, but as a bearer. He carries the oxygen, the dreams, and the bloated egos of wealthy foreigners to the roof of the world. But when a preventable accident shatters a young porter's leg for the sake of a bonus, a quiet fury begins to burn in Tenzing's chest. He sees the truth: on Everest, the Sherpa is not a guide, but a commodity. A thing to be used, deducted from, and replaced.
This is not just a mountain story. It is the story of our time.
As Tenzing and his community-the pragmatic cook Mingma, his manager son Lakpa trapped in spreadsheets, and the idealistic young porter Pasang-begin to question the system that sells their sacred mountain, they awaken to a profound global truth. Their struggle against exploitation on the ice mirrors the fight of every warehouse worker, gig driver, teacher, and nurse whose humanity is reduced to data, whose dignity is stripped by algorithms, and whose labor is made invisible.
From the lethal Khumbu Icefall to the silent screens of Kathmandu corporate offices, We Are All Sherpas is a searing political allegory and a gripping human drama. It explores:
- The "Thingification" of Labor: How modern capitalism turns living creativity into a cold, exchangeable commodity.
- The Fragmentation of Solidarity: How systems divide workers by gender, contract, and status to prevent collective power.
- The Spiritual Cost of Alienation: What happens when you sell not just your time, but your relationship to your own life's purpose.
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Yang Burzhome is an independent researcher and a self-taught cultural anthropologist who passionately adopts an emic approach in his field studies, allowing for an in-depth understanding of cultures from within. This perspective reveals the intricate beliefs, values, and practices that define a community, seen through the eyes of its members.
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