This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Canadian Innkeeper in Everest Foothills
Betty Mendies, the sole Canadian woman in Nepal, co-owns Snow View Hotel in the Everest foothills with husband Tom Mendies. The facility serves as a jumping off point for major Everest climbs, including the Sir John Hunt expedition with Hillary and Tenzing. Local bearers transport an anthropologist into the Himalayas as a temple bell in Kathmandu rings to signal prayers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Mendies
Nepal
Tom Mendies
Snow View Hotel
Mount
Everest
Sir John Hunt
Hillary
Tenzing
Himalayas