NEW DELHI – A 18-year-old Nepali mountaineer, Nima Rinji Sherpa, set a new world record on October 6, becoming the youngest person to conquer all 14 of the world’s 8,000-meter peaks. His historic ...

Left: Nima Tshiring's only daughter Mingma Yanjin and her husband Lhakpa Chhiri Sherpa. Right: Panuru Sherpa with his family in Khumbu. Scenic Phortse in the lap of Mt Everest is called ‘the village ...

Kanchha Sherpa (centre) remembered the 1953 expedition as an arduous but ultimately joyous affair. Kanchha Sherpa was the last surviving member of the 1953 expedition that saw Edmund Hillary and ...

When Pemba Sherpa last spoke with her husband, Nepali sherpa Dawa Tshering, by phone in October, the guide was preparing to ...

Kanchha Sherpa, the last surviving member of the mountaineering team that first reached the summit of Mount Everest, the world’s highest peak, has died in Nepal at the age of 92. The Nepal ...

FILE - Kanchha Sherpa, 91, who was among the 35 members in the team that put New Zealander Edmund Hillary and his Sherpa guide Tenzing Norgay atop the 8,849-meter (29,032-foot) peak on May 29, 1953, ...

KATHMANDU, Nepal — Kanchha Sherpa, the last surviving member of the mountaineering expedition team that first conquered Mount Everest, died early Thursday, according to the Nepal Mountaineering ...

Kanchha Sherpa was the last surviving member of the 1953 expedition that saw Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay Sherpa become the first to summit the world's highest mountain. Born in 1933, Sherpa was ...

PITTSFIELD TWP., MI - Hearty spice. No, that’s not one of the forgotten Spice Girls. That’s the best way I can describe Everest Sherpa Restaurant, one of my go-to takeout places near my Dicken ...

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 ...

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