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Sherpa (also Sharpa, Sherwa, or Xiaerba) is a Tibetic language spoken in Nepal and the Indian state of Sikkim, mainly by the Sherpa. The majority speakers of the Sherpa language live in the Khumbu region of Nepal, spanning from the Chinese (Tibetan) border in the east to the Bhotekosi River in the west. [ 3 ]
Tenzing Norgay GM OSN (/ ˈ t ɛ n z ɪ ŋ ˈ n ɔːr ɡ eɪ /; Sherpa: བསྟན་འཛིན་ནོར་རྒྱས tendzin norgyé; May 1914 – 9 May 1986), born Namgyal Wangdi, and also referred to as Sherpa Tenzing, [1] was a Nepalese-Indian Sherpa mountaineer.
The Sherpa people (Standard Tibetan: ཤར་པ།, romanized: shar pa) are one of the Tibetan ethnic groups native to the Sikkim and West Bengal states of India, the mountainous regions of Nepal and the Tibetan Autonomous Region of China.
Sherpa is a word taken from the language of the Sherpa, a nomadic people of the Himalayas. It literally means ' people of the East '. [2] The English word sherpa originally referred to people hired as porters and guides by climbers of the Himalayan Mountains. Sherpas have a long history of helping to navigate difficult mountain terrain.
Officials are calling Friday's avalanche on Mount Everest the deadliest day on the mountain in history. At least 12 Sherpa guides were killed. According to Al Jazeera, investigators say the Sherpa ...
Sherpa is a surname originating from the Himalayan region. The name derives from the Sherpa language words ཤར shar ("east") and པ pa ("people"), which refer to the geographical origin of the Sherpa people in eastern Tibet .
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According to Glacier Himalaya Treks and Expedition, a private group of experienced mountaineers that offers tours, the permit fee for climbing Mount Everest will increase by $4,000 in September.