Sherpas

• Woman climbs Everest record 7th time

  Expedition organizers say a 42-year-old convenience store worker from Connecticut has scaled Mount Everest for a seventh time.

  World

  May 20, 2016
  
• Guide operators hope Everest deaths will prompt long-overdue safety fixes

  Commercial guides are planning on using helicopters to replace Sherpas to carry climbing equipment above Mount Everest's notorious Khumbu Icefall.

  World

  May 4, 2014
  
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• Memorial service held for Mount Everest victims

  Family members, mountaineers and government officials gathered in Nepal's capital for a memorial service for the 16 Nepalese Sherpa guides killed in avalanche on Mount Everest.

  World

  Apr 30, 2014
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• Big, risky business: Mount Everest by the numbers

  A look at the numbers and facts behind climbing Mount Everest, the world’s highest peak.

  World

  Apr 23, 2014
• Dozens of Sherpas leave Everest following deadly avalanche

  Dozens of Sherpa guides packed up their tents and left Mount Everest's base camp Wednesday, after the avalanche deaths of 16 of their colleagues exposed an undercurrent of resentment by Sherpas over their pay.

  Apr 23, 2014
• B.C. climbers mourn Sherpa killed in Everest avalanche

  Two B.C. climbers are grieving after learning one of the Sherpas they met when climbing Mt. Everest two years ago died in today's avalanche.

  Apr 19, 2014