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Kathmandu is a wonderful place to visit, but when you wander around in the city you meet a lot of poor people; beggars, street vendors, holy men, and a lot of others. How do these people get by? Can they afford to send their children to school? Where do they live? How is their family life?These and a lot of other questions the author posed himself after visiting Kathmandu many times, and he decided to find the answers. He spend a long time in Kathmandu only to ask the poor themselves, take their pictures, and sometimes visit their homes.This book does not intend to answer the maybe most important question; how do we change the situation of poverty in Kathmandu and even more importantly, the rest of Nepal. The book can only be regarded as a personal experienced situation report, but it gives an insight into the situation and into the lives of a few people living in extreme poverty.The author is a writer, photographer and mountaineer who has visited Nepal many times, often to climb, but he has a personal liking to the poor people of Kathmandu.
About the author
Bo Belvedere Christensen har klatret og dyrket bjergbestigning siden han var 20 år og har været på ekspeditioner i Himalaya siden 1988 med flere førstebestigninger som resultat. Siden 2005 har Bo været professionel ekspeditionsleder og har ledet ture til Aconcagua, Kilimanjaro, Elbrus samt højere bjerge i Himalaya såsom Everest, Baruntse, Lhakpa Ri og Mustagh Ata.
Bo har gennem sin karriere som bjergbestiger været på toppen af tre af verdens 14 bjerge over 8000 meter, tre over 7000 meter og har derudover besteget 12 bjerge over 6000 meter i Himalaya og Andes.
Bos forfatterkarriere begyndte som medforfatter af bogen "Ama Dablam - en bestigning af verdens smukkeste bjerg" og siden som medforfatter og redaktør af "Everest - drømmen og sejren".
PÂ BoD forlag har Bo tidligere udgivet "Baruntse", "Big E" of "Ubestegne Tinder" samt yderligere 6 bøger.
