Karun RawatDr Karun Rawat is from Nepal and completed his PhD in the Department of Tourism at the University of Otago, New Zealand, in 2022. His doctoral research explored the lived experiences of death-zone guides who provide commercial high-altitude expedition services on mountains above 8,000 metres, commonly referred to as the death zone. His research interests include death-zone tourism, mountain tourism work, occupational wellbeing, guiding, tourism ethics, and the human dimensions of death-zone tourism. This book represents the first comprehensive examination of death-zone guiding told through the collective voices of guides from diverse national, cultural, and professional backgrounds Read More Read Less