Under the Himalayan Sky

In the 1970s, the Nepalese government established an agreement with New Zealand for help in setting up a national park in the Mt Everest region of the Himalayas. Bruce Jefferies, an Assistant Supervising Ranger with the New Zealand National Park Service, took off for Nepal with his wife Margaret, and three young children. They had little idea of what to expect in this remote, high-altitude environment.

Under the Himalayan Sky is Margaret's memoir of the time the family spent in Khumbu (Mt Everest), with no running water or electricity, largely cut off from the outside world, living on the traditional local diet of potatoes and tea. In spite of what might be perceived as hardships, the family embraced life amongst the colourful and hospitable Sherpa people.

In anii 1970, guvernul nepalez a stabilit un acord cu Noua Zeelanda pentru ajutor in vederea infiintarii unui parc national in regiunea Mt Everest din Himalaya. Bruce Jefferies, asistent al supraveghetorului din cadrul Parcului National din Noua Zeelanda, a plecat in Nepal impreuna cu sotia sa Margaret si cu trei copii mici.