US EditionKanchha Sherpa, Last Surviving Member of 1953 Mount Everest Expedition, Dies at 92
Kanchha Sherpa helped carry equipment to Everest base camp and was one of three Sherpas to reach above 8,000 meters on the first successful 1953 expedition.
- 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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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...
Kanchha Sherpa, the only surviving member of the mountain expedition team that conquered Mount Everest for the first time, died on Thursday morning, the Nepal Mountaineering Association reported. Kanchha died at 92 years of age in his home in Kapan, in Kathmandu district, Nepal, confirmed Phur Gelje Sherpa, the president of the association. "He died peacefully in his residence," Phur Gelje Sherpa told The Associated Press, explaining that he had…
The last survivor of the expedition who conquered the summit of Everest in 1953 for the first time, Nepali Kanchha Sherpa, died at the age of 92, his family reported on Thursday.
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