Behind Every Successful Summit ...

the Earth's highest mountain

I remember wondering about this when I first heard about Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay and then learning about all the Westerners who have summited Mount Everest with the help of Sherpa guides. Why were they the ones written about, and not the Sherpas, without whose hard work and courage, in most cases, they never would have made it? (print, audio versions, slideshow): http://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adventure/climbing/mountaineering/Disposable-Man-History-of-the-Sherpa-on-Everest.html?page=1