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... Sherpa , who at about twenty - two was undertaking his first job as an expedition sirdar , or foreman , responsible ... Sherpas were instru- mental in the British conquest of Everest ( Sagarmatha , " Head of the Seas , " in Nepali , or ...
... Sherpa , who at about twenty - two was undertaking his first job as an expedition sirdar , or foreman , responsible ... Sherpas were instru- mental in the British conquest of Everest ( Sagarmatha , " Head of the Seas , " in Nepali , or ...
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... Sherpas had helped to make the calculations , we began to wonder if we were going to run out of food . After Sharma's first meal , running out seemed a certainty . Even the Sherpas were astounded by his appetite . He could inhale a ...
... Sherpas had helped to make the calculations , we began to wonder if we were going to run out of food . After Sharma's first meal , running out seemed a certainty . Even the Sherpas were astounded by his appetite . He could inhale a ...
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... Sherpa guides were not immune . For the Sherpas , I think the crux of the problem was the lack of interaction , socially and professionally , with people who held them in high regard . They got it in Kathmandu , and along the regular ...
... Sherpa guides were not immune . For the Sherpas , I think the crux of the problem was the lack of interaction , socially and professionally , with people who held them in high regard . They got it in Kathmandu , and along the regular ...
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