>Sherpas sacrifice their bodies for American entertainment, not because they want to, but because they have to.
The Serpas lived got by for a long time before the climbers came and the people in other valleys in Nepal get by. They don't have to work climbing - they do it because it's kind of interesting and pays well. You could easily get westerners to do the Sherpa job if you offered them the same deal but you can't because you'd have to get them $20k climbing permits and probably work permits and the like and the government won't change that because it wants to keep the jobs for the locals.
The Serpas lived got by for a long time before the climbers came and the people in other valleys in Nepal get by. They don't have to work climbing - they do it because it's kind of interesting and pays well. You could easily get westerners to do the Sherpa job if you offered them the same deal but you can't because you'd have to get them $20k climbing permits and probably work permits and the like and the government won't change that because it wants to keep the jobs for the locals.