US EditionKanchha Sherpa, Last Surviving Member of 1953 Mount Everest Expedition, Dies at 92
Kanchha Sherpa was a high-altitude porter on the 1953 Everest expedition and later advocated for respecting the mountain amid growing overcrowding, said the Nepal Mountaineering Association.
- Kanchha Sherpa, the last surviving member of the 1953 expedition that became the first to successfully reach the summit of Mount Everest, has died at the age of 92, according to his family.
- His family stated that Kanchha Sherpa died in Kathmandu on Thursday morning.
- Kanchha Sherpa was part of the historic 1953 team led by Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay Sherpa.
- Fur Gelje Sherpa, the president of Nepal's mountaineering association, called him 'a living legend and an inspiration for all in mountaineering.
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Kanchha Sherpa, the last surviving member of the first expedition to Mount Everest, has passed away in Nepal. Kanchha climbed the world's highest mountain in 1953. "We've lost a special person," said presenter and mountaineer Sofie Lenaerts, who met him last year. He was 92 years old.
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AlKhaleej TodayKancha Sherpa, last survivor of 1953 Everest expedition with Hillary, dies at 92
KATHMANDU, Oct 17 — Kancha Sherpa, the last surviving member of the 1953 Mount Everest expedition that made the first successful ascent of the world’s highest peak, has died in Nepal at the age of 92, his family said on Thursday.Sherpa passed away at his home in Kathmandu, according to his grandson Tenzing Chogyal Sherpa.“Of late, he was having some issues with his throat. Otherwise he had no major health issue for a person of his age,” Tenzing …
Kanchha Sherpa, last surviving member of Mount Everest expedition, dies at 92
Kanchha Sherpa, the last surviving member of the first Mount Everest expedition team, has died at 92. He was part of the 1953 team that helped New Zealander Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay reach the summit. The Nepal Mountaineering…
Last Member of Pioneering Everest Expedition Dies
Kanchha Sherpa, the only surviving member of the mountaineering expedition team that first conquered Mount Everest, died early Thursday, according to the Nepal Mountaineering Association. Kanchha died at age 92 at his home in Kathmandu, confirmed Phur Gelje Sherpa, the association president. "He passed away peacefully at his residence," Phur...
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