noticeably changing the local economy and lifestyle of the Sherpa people. With the arrival of modern climbing and the desire to conquer the world's highest peaks, theirs became the gateway culture ...

"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 ...

he no longer has a desire to summit the mountain the indigenous Nepalese Sherpa people call Sagarmatha — whose instinctive, cultural understanding of and acclimatization to the mountain have ...

Some Sherpa communities live in fear of avalanches and landslides, which have also destroyed spiritual sites—devastating events that people sometimes blame on themselves or an evil spirit because they ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Everest climbing-guide services — often provided by people of the Sherpa ethnic group — can cost $10,000 per expedition. At this price, the guide takes ...

Sherpa Auto Transport is an auto transportation provider offering door-to-door shipping, customer service focused on professional, frequent communication, and accurate pricing based on real-time ...

The expedition's "mission" is to demonstrate the exceptional value of the Sherpa people, publicise the beauty of Nepal, and shed light on the Sherpa culture and its immense contribution to high ...