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New York City has the largest Sherpa community with a population of approximately 16,000 people. Contrastingly, the 2011 Nepal census recorded 512,946 Sherpas within its borders. Contrastingly, the 2011 Nepal census recorded 512,946 Sherpas within its borders.
Lhakpa Sherpa (Nepali: Lakhpa Sherpa; born 1973) [1] is a Nepalese Sherpa mountain climber. She has climbed Mount Everest ten times, the most by any woman in the world. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Her record-breaking tenth climb was on May 12, 2022, which she financed via a crowd-funding campaign. [ 4 ]
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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Kami Rita (कामीरिता शेर्पा) (born 17 January 1970), Thame, Solukhumbu District, Nepal [1] is a Nepali Sherpa guide who, since May 2018, has held the record for most ascents to the summit of Mount Everest.
Temba Tsheri Sherpa (Nepali: तेम्बा छिरी; born May 9, 1985) is a Sherpa from Rolwaling Valley, Dolkha, Nepal. On May 23, 2001, at the age of 16 years, he became the youngest person to climb Mount Everest. Temba Tsheri Sherpa (R) and Chhiring Dorje Sherpa holding the flag of Nepal on the top of Denali, 6168m above sea level.
The Hunt expedition totalled over 400 people, including 362 porters, 20 Sherpa guides and 10,000 pounds (4,500 kg) of baggage, [29] and like many such expeditions, was a team effort. The expedition set up base camp in March 1953. Hillary wrote in 1975 about first meeting Norgay in Kathmandu on 5 March 1953: [30] I was eager to meet Tenzing Norgay.
Porter (carrier), often called a sherpa; Mountain guide, also sometimes called a sherpa; Leyland Sherpa, a light commercial vehicle produced from 1974 until 2005; Short C-23 Sherpa, a military variant of the Short 330 cargo aircraft, first flight was in 1982; Short SB.4 Sherpa, an experimental British aircraft whose first flight was in 1955