Prolific Everest climber visits Colorado’s growing Sherpa community
By John Meyer
Denver Post
Ngima Nuru Sherpa is small in stature, but he stands tall in the annals of Mount Everest. The 5-foot-7, 150-pound native of Nepal’s Khumbu region has reached the summit of the world’s tallest mountain two dozen times, third-most on the all-time list. Two other Sherpas have recorded more summits, but he was the youngest to notch 24.
And, at age 43, he’s going back to the 29,032-foot mountain that Sherpas call Sagarmartha this spring for No. 25... Read more...
