Descended from Tibetan heritage, the Sherpa community are an ethnic group, indigenous to the Himalayan region. But for many outside Nepal, the word "Sherpa" has become synonymous with those ...
A Sherpa village in Nepal’s Everest region ... Scientists have warned that Himalayan glaciers are melting because of climate change and creating glacial lakes, often dammed by loose rock and ...
officials in the Himalayan Republic said Thursday, in the first fatality of the spring climbing season. Lakpa Tenji Sherpa, 53, reached the summit of the 8,485-metre-tall (27,838-feet) Mount ...
Pasang Tshering Sherpa, the Vice President of the Himalayan Sherpa Cultural Centre says Sherpa folk tunes encompass aspects of their lifestyle ranging from human emotions to the significance of ...
These men performed so well, climbing and carrying to the highest camps, that it very soon became the custom for all Himalayan climbing expeditions to hire Sherpa help in Darjeeling. A system of ...
Apa Sherpa is a professional mountaineer from Thame, Nepal who has summited Everest 19 times. Over the last 20 years he has been witness to the impacts of climate change in the Himalayan region. My ...
Kushang Dorjee Sherpa, a five-time Everest climber and ... challenging Khangshung Face and served as an instructor at the Himalayan Mountaineering Institute. He is survived by his wife and five ...
According to Sherap Jangbu Sherpa, founding president of USNCA and coordinator of the competition, the event will span two days. The qualification rounds will be held at a venue yet to be ...