Kanchha Sherpa, last surviving member of 1953 Mount Everest expedition, dies at 92

Kanchha died at age 92 at his home in Kapan in the Kathmandu district of Nepal, confirmed Phur Gelje Sherpa, the association president. “He passed away peacefully at his residence,” Phur Gelje Sherpa told The Associated Press, explaining he had been unwell for some time. “A chapter of the mountaine...

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