Kanchha Sherpa, the last living participant of the first expedition to reach the top of Mount Everest in 1953, died on Thursday at the age of 92.
The Nepal Mountaineering Association (NMA) announced his passing in a condolence statement signed by NMA President Fur Gelje Sherpa.
The NMA remarked that the Nepali tourism and mountaineering community “mourns the loss of this historic and legendary figure,” and that his disappearance “leaves an irreplaceable void.”
Kanchha Sherpa was born on March 22, 1937, in Namche, a village in the Solukhumbu area of Nepal.
He was on the British expedition in 1953 that took Sir Edmund Hillary of New Zealand and Tenzing Norgay Sherpa to the top of Mount Everest for the first time.
Kanchha was one of the youngest Sherpa porters on the expedition, and he continued to be involved in mountaineering for many years.
In subsequent years, he spoke out strongly in favor of protecting the environment in the Himalayas and honoring the holy value of Everest to the people who live there.
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