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

High Himalayan hype
Infatuation with Everest has inspired Everest-sized absurdities.
May 11, 2012

A Himalayan mystery – solved?
The Ascent of Rum Doodle is a widely appreciated mountaineering satire — but of what, exactly?