The Sherpa people, which means “Eastern people” in Nepali, are an ethnic group who live along the Tibet-Nepal border. Most live in the surrounding areas of the Himalayas, mainly in the eastern ...

When Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay Sherpa made history as the first people to summit Everest, the term Sherpa became synonymous with porters. But behind the name is a deep culture, with a ...

Although the Utah-based Apa Sherpa regularly leads groups to Everest base camp, he no longer has a desire to summit the mountain the indigenous Nepalese Sherpa people call Sagarmatha — whose ...

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For every four people who make it to the top and manage to descend alive, one dies trying. When Maya Sherpa decided to climb K2 in 2014, her family thought she had gone mad.

The Sherpa people of the Himalaya, for instance, have adapted to high altitude with genes that supercharge their strength and endurance. But other superpowers can be acquired.

As a result, Sherpa people choose to migrate, leaving their homelands behind and restricting their chance to pass down spiritual, cultural and social values to younger generations. Experiencing the ...

“Sherpa people are naturally happy because they are born and raised in the mountains without distractions,” Lhakpa said. “Buddhism is not religion, it is a way of living.