Don Messerschmidt

Don Messerschmidt is an anthropologist and writer who has spent several decades studying local cultures, including pilgrimage, in the Nepal Himalaya.

In the presence of the gods

Shaligram pilgrimage in the Nepal Himalaya.

By Don Messerschmidt

/ 6 Jul 2021

High Himalayan hype

Infatuation with Everest has inspired Everest-sized absurdities.

By Don Messerschmidt

/ 11 May 2012

A Himalayan mystery – solved?

The Ascent of Rum Doodle is a widely appreciated mountaineering satire — but of what, exactly?

By Don Messerschmidt

/ 1 Dec 2011

Planet Bhutan

Visiting Bhutan is an honour bestawed an the few who get to go. Here is a book that will help make you make the best of it.

By Don Messerschmidt

/ 1 May 1999

Mistaken antiquity

In the early 1970s, when the renowned art historian Pratapaditya Pal came to Kathmandu to research his book, The Arts of Nepal (1974), he asked Nepali artist and art historian

By Don Messerschmidt

/ 1 Mar 1994