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This Word Means: Sherpa

May 27, 2025 8:24 pm

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Nepali teenager Nima Rinji Sherpa conquers Earth's 14 highest peaks (Image source: @UKinNepal, @NepaliTimes/X)

Nepali teenager Nima Rinji Sherpa conquers Earth's 14 highest peaks, shatters world record

October 16, 2024 11:06 am

Nima Rinji Sherpa has achieved the extraordinary feat of summiting all 14 of the world's 8,000-meter peaks.

The victims have been identified as Daniel Paul Peterson from the UK and Pas Tenji Sherpa from Makalu, Sangkhuwasabha, the Himalayan Times newspaper reported. The duo was part of 8K Expeditions.

British and Sherpa climbers go missing while descending Mt. Everest

May 22, 2024 8:08 pm

According to the report, a team led by Nga Tenji Sherpa and Pasang Sherpa of Summit Force Pvt Ltd carried out rescue and saved other climbers when the route broke at the Hillary section.

An Everest climber had ‘no energy, no oxygen, nothing.’ A sherpa saved him.

June 10, 2023 6:01 pm

The ill climber was at an elevation of more than 27,200 feet, in an area that is known as the “death zone” because of the severe cold and oxygen scarcity.

Nepali sherpa becomes world's second person to scale Mount Everest 26 times

May 14, 2023 1:36 pm

Kami Rita, who is also climbing on Everest now, could set another record if he makes it to the top.

52-yr-old Nepali Sherpa scales Mt Everest for 26th time; breaks own record of most climbs

May 08, 2022 3:39 pm

Kami Rita and his group of 11 Sherpa guides summitted the 8,848.86-metre peak at 6.55 pm (local time), said Dawa Sherpa, manager of Seven Summit Treks Pvt Ltd.

‘Sherpas scale high peaks like we take weekend strolls’

December 14, 2019 3:56 pm

At a special event to celebrate International Mountain Day, Girpremi, a mountaineering club from Pune, screened a movie named Mt Kangchenjunga Expedition and another short film about Sherpas.

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Back home alive, Indian climber explains what went wrong on Mount Everest

June 14, 2019 3:51 pm

Everest traffic jam: As cheaper operators have entered the fray, the number of amateur climbers have also shot up, creating deadly bottlenecks en route to the top of the 8,848-metre (29,029-feet) peak — especially when bad weather cuts the number of summit days, as it did this year.

Nepali Sherpa summits Mount Everest for record 22nd time

May 16, 2018 5:02 pm

Ethnic sherpas, renowned for their endurance and experience at high altitudes, serve as guides for many foreign mountaineers attempting to climb the highest Himalayan peaks.