They are called 'People from the East.'"—Jamling Norgay The Sherpas are an ethnic group who live in the high mountain region of the eastern Himalaya. About 3,000 of Nepal's more than 10,000 ...

A Sherpa's job on Mount Everest is statistically ... Svati Kirsten Narula wrote in The Atlantic. "For the people who live in its shadow, though, and must return to it again and again to earn ...

Ngima Nuru Sherpa is small in stature, but he stands tall in the annals of Mount Everest. The 5-foot-7, 150-pound native of ...

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 ...

Furthermore the project aims to film a documentary of the ascent and all funds will be made available to the Sherpa children who live in the Himalayan foothills. Apart from the two famous and highly ...

They met families whose lives had been shaped by the mountains and future generations of Darjeeling Sherpas who continue to make a living through the uncertainties of climbing. They made ...