Definitions

1. Sherpas are renowned in the global climbing and mountaineering community for their hardiness, expertise, and experience at high altitudes. (Web site)
2. Sherpas were mostly yak herders and traders living high in the Himalayas until Nepal opened its borders to tourism in 1950. (Web site)
3. Sherpas were first employed as porters, tasked with carrying large amounts of equipment to supply the military-style expeditions of the day. (Web site)
4. Sherpas were encouraged to embrace mountain climbing as part of their own culture. (Web site)
5. Sherpas are regarded the best mountain climbers in the world, and assist foreign expedition members in climbing mountains.

Team

1. Bad weather and ferocious winds delayed any summit attempts until last Tuesday - when two Sherpas from a US team reached the top. (Web site)

Monks

1. It gives an opportunity to the Sherpas to gather and celebrate together with the monks. (Web site)

It???s

1. Sherpas won’t touch bodies of climbers, so it’s a western effort. (Web site)

Dwelling Places

1. Sherpas once believed that the great summits were the dwelling places of Buddhist spirits and must not be violated.

Sagarmatha

1. Everest (or Sagarmatha, as the Nepalese call it) than the Sherpas. (Web site)

Cook Staff

1. The goal is for us all to hike out as a group -- members, Sherpas, cook staff. (Web site)

Solu Khumbu Region

1. The Solu Khumbu region is the home of the Sherpas. (Web site)

Solu Khumbu

1. H.W Tilman joined Charles and Oscar Houston on the first trek into the Solu Khumbu, home of the Sherpas.

Ethnically Related

1. The Jirels, native people of Jiri, are ethnically related to the Sherpas.

Khumbu Valley

1. The Sherpas are the inhabitants of the Khumbu Valley, the national park surrounding Everest.

Three Sherpas

1. FAITH LAPIDUS: The eighth grader from California climbed Everest with a team that included his father, his stepmother and three Sherpas. (Web site)
2. A team of seven Americans and three Sherpas; three summitted. (Web site)

Feet

1. At 25,000 feet (7,620 metres), Mallory and Captain Bruce were stopped when the Sherpas became exhausted.

Mountains

1. The Sherpas in Nepal know of several types of “Abominable Snowmen” in the mountains of Asia. (Web site)

Back

1. If we do get the wishes then, most of the sherpas will make a promise to give back to the community. (Web site)

Equipment

1. The cameras and equipment were all carried by sherpas and we had about 20 sherpas. (Web site)

Day

1. On June 4 Norton and Somervell, with three Sherpas, pitched Camp VI at 26,800 feet (8,170 metres); the next day they reached 28,000 feet (8,535 metres).

Friends

1. When I trekked with Sir Edmund, I was introduced to many Sherpas, several of whom became my friends. (Web site)
2. Three Sherpas, all friends of Sir Edmund, placed their yellow khata on the casket.

Attention

1. It noted, for example, that little notice is taken when Sherpas die, but much attention is focused when those lost are clients. (Web site)

Point

1. The article would have had a point if it had talked about other sherpas but Tenzing is the clear exception.

Base

1. Most Sherpas and cook staff will wait at the base of the Lhotse Face with drinks for their team. (Web site)

Month

1. Losar is celebrated in the month of February by the Sherpas. (Web site)
2. Festivals Losar is celebrated in the month of February by the Sherpas. (Web site)

Story

1. The story of Sir Edmund Hillary's return to the Himalayas to build a school for the Sherpas.
2. The story of Norgay's life holds more inspiration for the sherpas, and other Nepali-speaking people, than his mountaineering exploits.

Parts

1. Small groups of Sherpas also live in parts of North America, Australia, and Europe.

Homeland

1. The group enters the Solu Khumbu region - homeland of the Sherpas - and explores to the base of the Khumbu Icefall. (Web site)
2. He was as much loved in Nepal as in his homeland, after 48 years of dedicating himself to improving the health and well-being of the Sherpas. (Web site)

Work

1. Encircling them were Kami Noru Sherpa and several other of the Sherpas from Pangboche who had been hired to work on Everest. (Web site)
2. His work on behalf of the Sherpas includes raising funds, building schools, setting up two hospitals, and opening 12 medical clinics. (Web site)
3. We in Utah are so honored that you chose to live here, and to continue your work for the Sherpas and for climate change awareness. (Web site)

Help

1. And on the final summit day, we had about 5 Sherpas to help us to carry the cameras and equipments. (Web site)
2. One of the Sherpas attempted to revive him with oxygen, but it ultimately was determined that he was beyond help.

Year

1. Traditionally it’s been a big hit with the Sherpas, but this year even the foreign climbers are getting involved. (Web site)

Land

1. We fly to Lukla and begin trekking through the land of the legendary Sherpas into the Sagarmatha (Everest) national park.
2. Eventually the group reaches the land of the Sherpas.

Farmers

1. Yes, the tourism has hurt their ecology, but it has brought employment to many Sherpas who would otherwise remain farmers and yak herders. (Web site)

World

1. Taking a more academic and analytic approach, Ortner (anthropology, Columbia Univ.) provides a fascinating examination of the world of the Sherpas. (Web site)

Guides

1. The call of the curator requires people who are selfless and willing to act as sherpas and guides.

Nepalese

1. Beginning in 1962 he began working with the Nepalese sherpas who had so often helped him. (Web site)
2. Except for the Sherpas & Tamangs who are Buddhists, the Nepalese are orthodox Hindus with the usual caste system. (Web site)
3. I was confused and was wondering why a "Sherpa" would want to talk to Tibetans, since I came to believe that Sherpas claimed to be Nepalese and not Tibetans. (Web site)

Time

1. Pasang Kikuli was one of the best Sherpas, and at this time he was equally compared to the now world famous Tenzing Norgay.

Theirs

1. From watching Sir Edmund, I learned a great deal about his generosity to the Sherpas, and about theirs to him. (Web site)

Part

1. It was during the pioneering British expeditions in the early part of the 20th century that the Sherpas rose to prominence. (Web site)

Integral Part

1. From that point on, the Sherpas became an integral part of international Himalayan climbing as guides and partners. (Web site)
2. The cheerful smiles and legendary strength of the Sherpas have been an integral part of Everest climbing expeditions from the very beginning. (Web site)

Footnotes

1. In the early years, the fantastic achievements of the Sherpas were only recorded as footnotes in the annals of mountaineering history. (Web site)

Col

1. The first party, Lambert, Flory, Aubert, and Tenzing Norgay (sirdar, or leader of the porters), with five Sherpas, tried to reach the col in one day.
2. On May 24 the first summit party, with Hunt and two Sherpas in support, reached the col.

Ladders

1. During that time, Sherpas and some expedition climbers will set up ropes and ladders in the treacherous Khumbu Icefall. (Web site)

First

1. The first is what the Sherpas call the "dzu teh." Large shaggy animals that often attack cattle.

India

1. In recent years many Sherpas have migrated to India and other parts of world.

Darjeeling

1. In India, Sherpas also inhabit the towns of Darjeeling and Kalimpong and the Indian state of Sikkim. (Web site)
2. In the last few decades, Sherpas have migrated to other parts of Nepal and the Indian states of Sikkim, Assam and northern West Bengal (Darjeeling). (Web site)
3. He doesn't return, so the Sherpas return to Darjeeling, where Tenzing Norgay reports seeing them with large amounts of money. (Web site)

Buckwheat

1. Sherpas speak a Tibetan dialect and traditionally are traders and farmers, cultivating their high altitude fields of potatoes, barley, wheat and buckwheat. (Web site)

Western Civilization

1. Before coming into contact with western civilization, Sherpas were mainly farmers, yak herders and traders. (Web site)

Sir Edmund Hillary

1. Sir Edmund Hillary has set up his Himalayan Trust in order to finance schools and hospitals for the Sherpas. (Web site)

Mountain

1. Although Everest now sees many a human footprint, the Sherpas still regard the mountain as a holy place. (Web site)
2. He was at the center of the expedition's organization too, making sure that his team of Sherpas delivered enough loads to high camps on the mountain. (Web site)

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