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The porters are the heroes. They work hard risking their lives to provide for their families. I have great respect for them.

That tea house owner just shows what it's about in life: community and being of service while staying humble. Sheeva is a hero ❤

Mad respect for the film crew for going up the mountains to bring us this story!

Kudos to BUSINESS INSIDER for a detailed coverage on the Highest peak of the world!

Understandable why a tea costs 10x more than normal

It’s not fair that the locals get paid so little whilst the tour companies profit. The system of tourism is broken

these guys are the real superman really.

I've noticed in most of these documentaries, they all seem so happy and they all help/encourage each other....they are making fractions of what they deserve for all the hard,physically draining work. But, they seem waaay happier than people with millions of dollars. Something to be said about that 😮

It’s absolutely wild these guys are only getting paid $10-$12/day for that extreme effort.

Hubris on full display. Everest is the ultimate "look at me" vanity excursion.

So nice that you recognized these superheroes by making this documentary. They too deserve to be applauded for their extreme hard work!!!

Five years ago I stayed in Everest area for two months, working for a NGO in a village two days down lukla. That village can now be (hardly) reached by car, but at that time the first road was three walking days away, so everything had to be carried on back or with donkey (yaks are only used higher). I talked to a lot of porters that were providing all the goods for the village and also for trekking lodges on the Everest trek. I can say that these people are absolute beast ! Most of the dude i talked to carried around 80kg, and some of then can go up to 110kg. I didn't believe them at first, but i was absolutely unable to move their bad at all lol. The most shocking day for me was when I talked to a dude that was carrying only beer bottles. It was easy to read the weight of one bottle and then calculate the complete load, which was 110kg, this absolutely blew my mind. The guy was 45, not skinny but definetely not super jacked...

I love that even though everyone involved in getting hikers up and down the mountain, from porters and tea shop owners to guides, have to work so so hard, they are proud of that mountain and proud of their work. Proud of sharing it with others.

The porters and guides don't get paid nearly enough. They are the ones climbing and carrying all their gear. I think they need a union or someone to advocate for them to get higher wages. Just because they are native to this country and are willing and able to do their jobs, doesnt mean they need to be paid less. Yes, they are very grateful for the work. I have alot of respect for these men and women. They are doing this hard, dangerous work for their families and especially to educate their children.

Can i just say ive been loving these daily vids of Mount Everest and the Sherpa people❤

Real unsung heroes of the climbing communities. They deserve far more than this!

Did the Everest Base Camp trek in 2014 (coincidentally 1 day after the huge Thorong La disaster where all the hikers/porters died... glad we happened to choose EBC instead of Annapurna). Anyway, I remember trying to carry the load the porters carried for about 100m... it crushed me. Those porters are superhuman.

Man, that is tough work. Much respect to these porters.

I’m loving this entire mini series

Shiva being the porter's sathi, big kudos and a pat on the shoulder just for you! Yeah, porters work really, really hard. They deserve a decent meal, lodge and more importantly the warmth they can get from local support. Always wondered where porters are when everyone else is comfortably settled down at their lodges. Its definitely a super tough job, not many can imagined... but this video gives every trekker another perspectives to appreciate :) Thanks to the production team.