The Sherpa people, which means “Eastern people” in Nepali, are an ethnic group who live along the Tibet-Nepal border. Most live in the surrounding areas of the Himalayas, mainly in the eastern ...

It's worth noting that the term "Sherpa" does not actually mean "mountain guide," as many people believe, but instead refers to an ancient ethnic community of some 154,000 members.

When Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay Sherpa made history as the first people to summit Everest, the term Sherpa became synonymous with porters. But behind the name is a deep culture, with a ...

For the Sherpa people, Everest is a sacred place deserving of respect, but its popularity has polluted it. Thankfully, the mountain community and other organizations are restoring it to its former ...

Also, Sherpa people respect Everest as part of Mother Earth. When we climb, we have to be very careful and also respect nature. Sometimes people who don't know that tradition, ...

“Sherpa people are naturally happy because they are born and raised in the mountains without distractions,” Lhakpa said. “Buddhism is not religion, it is a way of living.

Although the Utah-based Apa Sherpa regularly leads groups to Everest base camp, he no longer has a desire to summit the mountain the indigenous Nepalese Sherpa people call Sagarmatha — whose ...

As a result, Sherpa people choose to migrate, leaving their homelands behind and restricting their chance to pass down spiritual, cultural and social values to younger generations. Experiencing the ...

For every four people who make it to the top and manage to descend alive, one dies trying. When Maya Sherpa decided to climb K2 in 2014, her family thought she had gone mad.