“Cross of the Sacred Peace” (1980) by Michael Tracy

it's really tracy himself that interests me here. he has the irritated youtube boomer persona that I take as an indicator that I'm listening to someone who's invested in what they're talking about.

tracy's definitely seeing the trees rather than the forest of the broader conversation around everest, but I don't hold it against him. all the people that are going to be reached by criticism of labor exploitation have likely been reached, and it's not like youtube videos from tracy are going to change anything. and he doesn't ignore sherpa issues when they're relevant to the topics he covers- natgeo 2019 was egregious, and natgeo didn't care whatsoever.