Last member of first successful Everest expedition dies


KATHMANDU: The last surviving member of the first mountaineering expedition to successfully reach the summit of Mount Everest died in Kathmandu on Thursday (Oct 16), aged 92, his family said.

Kanchha Sherpa (pic) was a teenager when he accompanied the historic 1953 team led by Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay Sherpa, who became the first mountaineers to reach the peak of the world's highest mountain.

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