Kanchha Sherpa, last surviving member of 1953 Mount Everest expedition, dies

Kanchha Sherpa (Niranjan Shrestha/AP)

Kanchha Sherpa, the only surviving member of the mountaineering expedition team that first conquered Mount Everest, has died, according to the Nepal Mountaineering Association.

Kanchha died aged 92 at his home in Kapan in the Kathmandu district of Nepal, confirmed Phur Gelje Sherpa, the association president.