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A
life of service
: After losing
her mother at a
young age,
Yangzom Sherpa
founded the
Ghunsa
Foundation to
address
healthcare
challenges in
her remote
village in
Taplejung,
by Rishika Dhakal
(kp 05/08/2024)
Tamting
Sherpa, who climbed all 8,000ers as a
porter, is planning to hang up his boots
: Sherpa aims one last summit of Mt
Shishapangma next year, after two
previous climbs, before retiring to
focus on training and rescue work,
by Kedar Shiwakoti (05/08/2024)
Blazing
her own trail to the top : Growing up as a
village girl in Solukhumbu, Yangji Sherpa
couldn’t imagine she would one day become a
successful businesswoman and a mountain climber,
by Ayse Turcan (kp 04/12/2023)
Nepal’s
Tenzing Gyalzen Sherpa awarded the Guinness
World Record for installing high-altitude
weather station on Everest (rep 27/04/2023)
Record-setting
Sherpa guide contemplates retirement (ht
03/09/2022)
Kanchha
Sherpa: Shoulder to shoulder with Tenzing and
Hillary. The last survivor of the first
successful Mt Everest expedition (ae
21/07/2022)
Sherpa
siblings become first Nepali team to reach South Pole
(ht 03/01/2022)
Former
NSC Vice President Tendi Sherpa passes away (kh
24/11/2021)
Nepal’s
Sherpas mourn Tengboche abbott : Revered high lama was
a staunch protector of the Khumbu’s culture and
environment, by Surendra Phuyal (nt online
13/10/2020), The
Himalaya mourn a saintly leader : The Tengboche
Rinpoche was a constant source of saintly support,
presiding through periods of prosperity and disaster,
by Lisa Choegyal (nt 30/10/2020)
Snow
leopard Ang Rita Sherpa passes away at 72 (ht
21/09/2020), Nepal's
mountaineering legend Ang Rita Sherpa passes away
(rep 21/09/2020), ‘Snow
Leopard’ Ang Rita Sherpa passes away, by Eak
Raj Bastola (kh 21/09/2020), Ang
Rita Sherpa, who climbed Everest 10 times without
bottled oxygen, dies at 72 : The ‘Snow Leopard’
first reached the top of the world in 1983 and the
last time in 1996. In 1987 he became the first
person to climb the mountain in winter without
bottled oxygen, by Sangam Prasain (kp
22/09/2020), Legendary
Ang Rita Sherpa passes away, by Arpana Ale
Magar (ht 22/09/2020), Mountaineering
legend Ang Rita Sherpa to be laid to rest with
state honor (rep 22/09/2020)
Family,
friends remember record holder climber Pemba Doma
Sherpa (ht 24/05/2020)
In
his own tongue: A new documentary on Kancha
Sherpa, the last surviving member of the first
summit of Everest, brings focus to how
mountaineering has affected the Sherpa community,
by Jemima Deki Sherpa (kp 29/05/2019)
Ang
Tshiring
Sherpa: Aviation pioneer and hospitality
entrepreneur: Sherpa owned, among other things,
one of the leading airline companies in the
country, by Bhrikuti Rai (kp 28/02/2019), Noted
tourism entrepreneur dead in Taplejung chopper
crash, by Rudra Pangeni (rep 28/02/2019)
Monk
who blessed Everest climbers dies: Few would dare
attempt to climb the fabled 8,848 metre peak without
seeking his blessing (kp 15/02/2018)
Ang
Rita bestowed Guinness honours (kp
27/06/2017)
Ang
Rita Sherpa in critical condition, by Khilak
Budhathoki (rep 14/04/2017), 10
times Everest summitter Ang Rita shifted to
general ward (rep 18/04/2017)
From
hut to putt: Story of Pratima Sherpa, Nepal’s
first female golf star (ht 27/01/2017) [But
the state denies her Nepali citizenship!!]
Thundu
Sherpa,
46: On Monday morning as the earth shook, the
diametrically opposed worlds of mountaineering and
horology lost a legend, by Michael Kobold (nt
02/12/2016)
French
govt confers "Knight of the Legion of Honour" on Ang
Norbu Sherpa (rep 27/10/2016)
Sherpa
receives
one of Italy’s highest honours (ht
10/08/2016)
Pasang
Lhamu
bags National Geographic honor for her relief efforts
(rep 06/02/2016)
Nepali
climber
Wongchu Sherpa’s death mourned (ht 02/01/2016)
Breaking
barriers:
A Nepali mountaineer-turned-relief worker is in the
race to win NatGeo’s Adventurer of the Year, by
Tsering Dolker Gurung (nt 27/11/2015)
Miles
to
go before I sleep: At 10, he carried a backpack to the
Everest Base Camp; At 60, he still carries gear to
trekking destinations; Nyima Sherpa says he will go on
until he physically cannot, by Weena Pun (kp
18/10/2014) [on Nyima Wangchu Sherpa]
A
Sherpa with many missions, by Nistha Rayamajhi
(rep 19/07/2013) [on Pasang Kazi Sherpa]
In
the
shadow of a mountain called Tenzing, by
Prateebha Tuladhar (kp 25/05/2013)
What
Pasang
wrought, by Anup Ojha (kp 27/04/2013) [On
Pasang Lhamu Sherpa]
An
ascent
to remember: Next year is the diamond jubilee of the
Everest climb and we can only hope that the Nepali
state will embrace Tenzing Norgay once again, after
having spurned him over his decision to live in India,
by Deepak Thapa (kp 07/02/2012)
Nepali
environmentalist
and adventurer wins prestigious international award
(nn 09/05/2012)
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