sherpa

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But a lawyer representing four NGOs including nonprofit Sherpa told the court that "selling hydrocarbons to be burned creates an environmental risk".

From Barron's • Feb. 19, 2026

Mingma Sherpa, chairperson of the Pasang Lhamu rural municipality, said the change was something the Sherpa community had lobbied for for many years now.

From BBC • Dec. 29, 2025

Over the years, the name "Sherpa" has become synonymous with high-altitude guides.

From Barron's • Oct. 16, 2025

Kanchha Sherpa, the last surviving member of the first expedition to successfully scale the summit of Mount Everest, has died in the Nepali capital Kathmandu, aged 92.

From BBC • Oct. 16, 2025

Strong and ambitious, twenty-one or twenty-two years old, he lobbied hard to be allowed to work on the upper mountain as a climbing Sherpa.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer