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 ...

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, ...

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.

“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.

Most people will laugh at the idea of climbing Mt. Everest, if only for financial reasons. The least you can expect to spend is $33,000 for permits, transport, guides, and equipment, and climbers ...

Like Google and Wikipedia, Sherpa is a noun that became a verb, as in “Can you sherpa a bag for me?” But the word “Sherpa” originally meant “people from the East” and is pronounced ...

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.

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 ...

A Nepali guide recently rescued a shivering Malaysian climber near Mount Everest’s “death zone” and carried them to safety, according to officials. Gelje Sherpa, 30, found the climber, who ...

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 ...