Last Mount Everest pioneer dies


Kanchha Sherpa (pic), the last surviving member of the mountaineering expedition team that first conquered Mount Everest, died early yesterday.

Kanchha died at age 92 at his home in Kapan, Kathmandu, confirmed Phur Gelje Sherpa, the Nepal Mountaineering Association president.

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