he no longer has a desire to summit the mountain the indigenous Nepalese Sherpa people call Sagarmatha — whose instinctive, cultural understanding of and acclimatization to the mountain have ...

He’s eager to give skiing a try, too. “We wanted him to share his experience with the people of Golden,” said Lhakpa Sherpa, a leader in Colorado’s Sherpa community and the owner of the ...

Some Sherpa communities live in fear of avalanches and landslides, which have also destroyed spiritual sites—devastating events that people sometimes blame on themselves or an evil spirit because they ...

A team of eight Sherpa climbers left Namche Bazaar yesterday for Everest Base Camp. Soon, they will begin creating a path ...

"For a foreigner, a Sherpa means someone who carries loads at high altitudes. But Sherpas are actually all Tibetans. They are called 'People from the East.'"—Jamling Norgay The Sherpas are an ...

But Sherpa is actually the name of an ethnic group of people who live in the mountains of Nepal, central Asia. They are paid to do things such as prepare the route for foreign climbers to follow ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Everest climbing-guide services — often provided by people of the Sherpa ethnic group — can cost $10,000 per expedition. At this price, the guide takes ...

Cho Oyu – the world's sixth tallest peak. It is the peak of the Mahalangur range – sanscrit for 'great ape'. Sherpa people love to tell yeti stories. The history of the Khumjung yeti scalp.