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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 ]
Pratima Sherpa is the top-ranked amateur female golfer in Nepal. She was raised in a maintenance shed behind the third hole of the Royal Nepal Golf Club in Kathmandu, where her parents still live. In 2020, Forbes Magazine included her in '30 under 30' list of Asian personalities in entertainment and sports.
Solukhumbu is one of three Himalayan districts within Province No. 1, positioned on the west-by-northwestern corner of the province. It spans a total area of 3,312 square kilometres (1,279 sq mi). It is geographically situated between latitudes 27°20'39" and 28°6'24" North, and longitudes 86°0'21" and 87°0'1" East.
Lhakpa Sherpa ( Nepali: Lakhpa Sherpa; born 1973) [ 1] is a Nepalese Sherpa mountain climber. She has climbed Mount Everest ten times, the most of 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] In 2000, she became the first Nepali woman to climb and ...
A commercially produced Tibetan chang brewed from barley. A metal beaker of home-brewed Chhaang. Chhaang is a relative of beer. Barley, millet (finger-millet) or rice grains are used to brew the drink. Semi- fermented seeds of millet are served, stuffed in a barrel of bamboo called a dhungro. Boiling water is then poured in and sipped through a ...
The paper translated an interview that a Sherpa did with the Nepal National Mountain Guide Association. "Our job is to make a good scale for the clients, to make this comfortable. We have to do ...
Lakpa Gelu. Lakpa Gelu ( Nepali: ल्हाक्पा घेलु) (born June 23, 1967), often spelled Lhakpa, is a Nepalese Sherpa climber born in Jubing - 1, KhariKhola, Solukhumbu, Nepal. He is known for holding a world record for the fastest climbing of Mount Everest (the world's tallest mountain at 8,848 meters, known to the Nepalese ...
Phurba Tashi was born in Khumjung, Nepal, 10 kilometers from Everest's base camp. He grew up in a family of climbers, watching his father and uncles go on climbing expeditions with international mountaineers. [6] His first successful summit of an eight-thousander was Cho Oyu in 1998. [7] The next year, at age 28, Tashi summitted Mount Everest ...