Media appearances
2026
“How Will Melting Glaciers Change Nepal? The Climate Question,” September 7, 2026.
2026
“Are the Himalayan Glaciers at a Tipping Point?” May 21, 2026.
2026
“Indigenous Peoples and IPCC,” March 27, 2026.
2024
“The Approach,” The Documentary, January 9, 2024.
2023
“Questioning Indigeneity,” a response to “It’s Time to Rethink the Idea of the ‘Indigenous,’” The Mail, March 13, 2023.
2023
“From BC to Egypt: Four UBC Experts Share Indigenous Perspectives on Climate Change at COP 27,” by Kelsey Dundon, Today with Science World, Vancouver, January 23, 2023.
2023
“Half of World’s Glaciers to ‘Disappear’ with 1.5C of Global Warming,” by Daisy Dunne, January 5, 2023.
2022
“Coping with Climate Change on Mount Everest,” The Take, September 26, 2022.
2022
“A Pyramid on Everest, Caught in the Balance,” Columbia Climate School, December 5, 2022.
2022
“Loss and Damage: What Happens When Climate Change Destroys Lives and Cultures?” by Daisy Dunne and Aruna Chandrasekhar, September 28, 2022.
2021
“Postcard from the Himalayas: Hard Rain Is Already Falling,” with Laxmi Gurung, October 1, 2021.
2021
“Mountain as Metaphor: A Future of Multiple Worldviews,” September 22, 2021.
2020
“The Mounting Risks of Summiting Mount Everest” [35:52], Top of Mind with Julie Rose, Season 1, Episode 1283, March 4, 2020.
2019
“Human Dimensions of Climate Change in the Himalaya: An Interview with Anthropologist Pasang Yangjee Sherpa,” by Paula Wright, September 19, 2019.
2019
“More than Symbols: Pasang Yangjee Sherpa on Cultural Invisibility,” by Natasha Vizcarra, September 12, 2019.
2019
“Sherpas on Everest: ‘This Is a Sacred Mountain. We Need to Respect It,’” by Tasia Jensen, May 31, 2019.
2019
“The Story about Dead Bodies on Everest that Got 3m Hits,” 18:50 Local Time, April 6, 2019.
2018
“Dr. Pasang Sherpa: The Only Sherpa Ph.D. Anthropologist Studying the Sherpas,” by Lalitha Krishnan, Stories from the Wild, Episode 1, August 29, 2018.
2017
“Mountaineering and Climate Change,” by Paula Wright with Mark Carey, Pasang Yangjee Sherpa and Alison Criscitiello, October 31, 2017.
2014
“Everest on Edge,” The Stream, May 5, 2014.
2014
“When You Call Someone a Sherpa, What Does that Mean?” by David Leveille, April 24, 2014.
2014
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“Deaths on Everest Put Spotlight on Sherpa Labor,” by Rob Verger, April 25, 2014.
2014
“Everest Shrugged: Why the Deadliest Day on the World’s Tallest Mountain Won’t Change the Lives of Nepal’s Sherpas,” by Kyle Knight, April 23, 2014.