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A long-distance trek through Nepal’s Everest region offers lessons in Sherpa culture, rural mountain living, and humility.

Avalanches and winter storms are the norm in the secluded and wild area, where few have made it to the summit and history books bear the names of those who perished during their attempts.

On Oct. 9, Nima reached the top of the 8,027-meter (26,335-foot) Shishapangma along with his partner, Pasang Nurbu Sherpa.

Nima Rinji Sherpa’s ears are still tinged black from wind chill, an occupational hazard of climbing to heights where humans ...

Nima Rinji Sherpa’s ears are still tinged black from wind chill, an occupational hazard of climbing to heights where humans ...

Nima Rinji Sherpa’s ears are still tinged black from wind chill, an occupational hazard of climbing to heights where humans ...

A Sherpa teenager who’s won mountaineering celebrity as the youngest person ever to summit the world’s 14 highest peaks ...

‘Alpine-style’ climbs dictate that mountaineers climb without Sherpa support, supplemental oxygen, previously established camps or gear caches ... reached the summit of Mt. Everest (29,029 ...