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The Last Living Member of the 1953 Everest Expedition Dies At 92

Kanchha Sherpa was an important part of the core Sherpa support team, at a time when Everest was a distant dream, not a ...
Las Vegas Sun

Last surviving member of first expedition to summit of Mount Everest dies at 92

Kanchha Sherpa, the last surviving member of the team that first conquered Mount Everest, died Thursday at age 92 in Kathmandu, Nepal [1][2]. He was part of the historic 1953 British expedition that ...
The Manhattan Mercury

Last member of the first successful Everest expedition dies

The last surviving member of the first mountaineering expedition to successfully reach the summit of Mount Everest died in ...

Last surviving member of pioneering Mount Everest expedition dies

Kanchha Sherpa was among the 35-member team that put Edmund Hillary and his Sherpa guide Tenzing Norgay atop the world’s ...
New York Post

Last surviving member of the first team to conquer Mount Everest says it is crowded and dirty now

The only surviving member of the mountaineering expedition that first conquered Mount Everest said Saturday that the world’s highest peak is too crowded and dirty, and the mountain is a god that needs ...

Last surviving member of first Mount Everest expedition dies aged 92

Last surviving member of first Mount Everest expedition dies aged 92 - He was among the 35 people who supported Edmund ...