But for high-altitude work, the most able Sherpas are those who live in Darjeeling, across the border in India. Most of these men come from families who emigrated from Nepal in 1921 and got their ...
Even with their skills, they can struggle. Ang Tshering Sherpa, the former president of Nepal Mountaineering Association, told BBC Nepali: "It's really hard to bring back heavy cylinders or dead ...