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Nepal Teen, Youngest To Scale 14 Tallest Peaks, Says Sherpas Deserve Better

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Nepal Teen, Youngest To Scale 14 Tallest Peaks, Says Sherpas Deserve Better

Kathmandu: A Nepali teenager, the youngest person ever to scale all 14 of the world’s tallest peaks, says he wants to use his skills to benefit the Himalayan nation’s Sherpa community and turn out world-class athletes. Sherpas, an ethnic group living mainly in the vicinity of the world’s highest peak, Mount Everest, are known for…

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‘Mt. Everest dirty, crowded now,’ says last-surviving Sherpa from Edmund Hillary’s team

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‘Mt. Everest dirty, crowded now,’ says last-surviving Sherpa from Edmund Hillary’s team

Kanchha Sherpa in Kathmandu, Nepal. He was among the 35 members in the team that put New Zealander Edmund Hillary and his Sherpa guide Tenzing Norgay atop Mount Everest | Photo Credit: AP The only surviving member of the mountaineering expedition that first conquered Mount Everest said Saturday that the world’s highest peak is too…

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