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Sherpa

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Kanchha Sherpa (Niranjan Shrestha/AP)

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Kanchha Sherpa, last surviving member of 1953 Mount Everest expedition, dies
Kanchha Sherpa, the only surviving member of the mountaineering expedition team that first conquered Mount Everest, has died, according to the Nepal Mountaineering Association.
Kami Rita was said to be in good health and was descending from the summit with other climbers to the base camp (Gopen Rai/AP)

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Famed Sherpa guide climbs Mount Everest for record 31st time
A bird flies in the backdrop of Mount Everest (Niranjan Shrestha/AP)

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Famed Sherpa guide attempts to climb Mount Everest for 31st time
Record-setting teenage climber returns to hero’s welcome in Nepal

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Record-setting teenage climber returns to hero’s welcome in Nepal
Record-setting Sherpa guide sets new climbing goal for the world’s highest peaks

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Record-setting Sherpa guide sets new climbing goal for the world’s highest peaks
Nepal Obit Veteran Sherpa

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Veteran Sherpa guide who set Everest record dies aged 72
Sherpa guide climbs Everest for record 22nd time
Sherpa guide climbs Everest for record 22nd time

Kami Rita reached the summit on Wednesday morning with a team of foreign climbers and a fellow Sherpa guide and is safely descending to a lower camp, said Gyanendra Shrestha, a government official stationed at base camp.

Wed, 16 May, 2018

Sherpa guide aiming to climb Everest for record 22nd time
Sherpa guide aiming to climb Everest for record 22nd time

A veteran Nepalese Sherpa guide is about to attempt to reach the summit of Mount Everest for a record-breaking 22nd time.

Wed, 11 Apr, 2018

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