For years anecdotes circulated amongst climbers, of the superhuman ability of the Sherpa to function at high altitude, when all others succumbed to mountain sickness - or worse. Now science has shown ...

"For a foreigner, a Sherpa means someone who carries loads at high altitudes. But Sherpas are actually all Tibetans. They are called 'People from the East.'"—Jamling Norgay The Sherpas are an ...

An interview with Kathmandu-based journalist Pradeep Bashyal and social science researcher Ankit Babu Adhikari, authors of 'Sherpa: Stories of Life and Death from the Forgotten Guardians of Everest'.

Both Sakya and Limbu became fascinated by Sherpa women and the role they play in their culture, and in 2000, the two covered the first expedition to Everest by Sherpa women. Web editor Sara Miles ...

Some Sherpa communities live in fear of avalanches and landslides ... and the Indigenous knowledge so that our future generation will have an option in life,” she said. “When you know cultural values, ...