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Apa Sherpa (centre) hands over a computer to Chakra Karki, representative of a school from Dhuske, Okhaldhunga district in Kathmandu, Nepal. (Photo: AP)

'Super Sherpa' passionately gives back to his village and community

Apu Sherpa's main aim is to ensure children from his community in the future don't have to take up climbing due to lack...

22 May 2019 2:54 PM IST

A team of 20 sherpas collected 5 metric tonnes of garbage from the camps above the base camp and another six metric tonnes from the camps below it. (Photo: AP)

Sherpas clean up 24,000 pounds of garbage from Mount Everest

A crew of 20 sherpas spent two months cleaning up the massive amounts of garbage on the Everest left by climbers.

7 Jun 2019 11:56 AM IST

Mt. Everest, in middle, altitude 8,848 meters (29,028 feet), is seen on the way to base camp. (Photo: AP)

Widows of two sherpa climbers to scale Everest to set example for...

Mount Everest has been climbed by 4,833 people since it was first scaled by New Zealander Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing...

28 Dec 2018 2:33 PM IST