sherpa

Example Sentences

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"Six villages in the region are vulnerable to floods and so are the more than 60,000 tourists who visit our region every year," Sherpa pointed out.

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026

Meanwhile, members of the Sherpa community say they have no choice but to live with risks.

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026

He and his Sherpa emerged from their tent into 50-mile-an-hour winds, a blizzard so fierce that Whittaker couldn’t see his feet.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

Everest, reaching the highest point on Earth on May 1, 1963, with Sherpa Nawang Gombu.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

Early the following morning Edmund Hillary, a rangy New Zealander, and Tenzing Norgay, a highly skilled Sherpa mountaineer, set out for the top breathing bottled oxygen.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer