On Their Shoulders: A Book about Those Who Carry a Somewhat Heavier Load

The book was created under the hands, pens and cameras of these wonderful people:

Photographer: Jakub Čaprnka
Texts of stories: Gréta Čandová
Texty of interesting facts: Samo Marec
Translation: Tatiana Chovancová
Editor: Oľga Ruppeldtová
Art direction a graphic dizajn: Katarína Rybnická
Lettering and typesetting:: Viktor Feher
Ilustrations: Ivana Čobejová
Vector illustrations: Milan Pleva
Proofreading: Steve Murray
Production: Juraj Zamborský, Ivan Zaťko

But how not to heroize and glorify, not to make a caricature and a cliché, but to capture the carrier community in the diversity of opinions, personalities, moods? To include anecdotes, but not to wallow in nostalgia, and to speak airily about what constitutes the essence of carrierism?

We went to the hills and valleys to find out. Porters, hutwomen and guides let us into the "kitchen". We listened, we got up in the dark, we accompanied them on the outriggers, the porters and in plain clothes.

With consent and willingness, we did what should not be done - to ask anything of the porters during the ascent - and thus caused the longest ascent in the history of the Tatras. Sorry Pista ;)

Dala by sa spraviť obyčajná kniha. Paperbacková väzba za dve eurá vytlačená na klasický biely papier. Ale to by sme neboli my. Milujeme papier. A preto sme sa rozhodli spraviť skutočný zberateľský kúsok.

The packed content in 10 chapters, sorry chapters, plus lots of interesting facts, historical facts, photo stories and illustrated instructions on 256 pages guarantee that this will again be more of an archive piece than a practical guide. With a size of 280×215 mm, it will stand out on any shelf.