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	Sherpa people - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Jirels, native people of Jiri, are ethnically related to the Sherpas.
		Sherpas were of immeasurable value to early explorers of the Himalayan region, serving as guides and porters at the extreme altitudes of the peaks and passes in the region.
		Sherpas are renowned in the global climbing and mountaineering community for their hardiness, expertise, and experience at high altitudes.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sherpa_(people) (641 words)

	Sherpa People of Nepal
		Prior to British expeditions, Sherpas revered the great mountains of the region as dwelling places of gods and goddesses, to which the thought of climbing was considered blasphemous.
		Sherpa" refers both to a tribal group and a job capacity as porter, climber or trek leader.
		Today the Sherpa population in the Khumbu is about 5,000 with a total of roughly 35,000 living in Nepal.
	www.alpineascents.com /sherpa.asp (421 words)

	Sherpas of Nepal and mountain climbing records - VisitNepal.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Sherpas, the inhabitants of Solukhumbu region which lies just below Mount Everest are not only the strong, stout and faithful porters and load carriers but they are the backbone to any climber trying the reach the summit.
		Sherpas are the true mountain guides who successfully guide the summiteers towards the achievement of their dreams and aspirations – to be on the top of the world.
		And this plight of Sherpas is somewhat like the old saying in Nepali “kholo taryo lauro birshyo” which means people tend to forget the walking (support) stick upon crossing the river and without the stick they would have never been successful in crossing the river.
	www.visitnepal.com /nepal_information/sherpa_people.php (544 words)

	Sherpa - Ethnos - Books about the Sherpa People
		A Sherpa was originally one of the mountain people of Nepal.
		Sherpas speak a Tibetan dialect and traditionally are traders and farmers, cultivating their high altitude fields of potatoes, barley, wheat and buckwheat.
		Sherpas have earned this reputation mostly because despite the value of their services, the pay is insubstantial to the point where many cannot afford the modern climbing gear that western climbers use.
	www.almudo.com /ethnos/Sherpa.htm (448 words)

	deseretnews.com \| Sherpas 'descend' to Utah
		Sherpas frequently risk their lives for little pay or recognition to help adventure hounds paying up to $60,000 each to reach the summit.
		One goal of Sherpa Adventure Gear is to funnel enough proceeds from the sale of its clothing to ensure that the four Sherpas, including Lhakpa and Apa, who endorse their products don't have to climb anymore — though both say they are not even thinking about retiring.
		The problem with most people who want to climb Everest, Sherpas say, is that the training they have done in their own country does not compare to the real thing.
	deseretnews.com /dn/view/0,1249,590039066,00.html (906 words)

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		Sherpa goes on to recommend that "drinking water and toilet facilities for local people as well as for tourists should be provided by construction of suitable water systems and toilets.
		Sherpa claims that composted human waste is the best fertilizer but does not understand why his cousins new lodge in the same village will have a pit toilet.
		Sherpa built the system in 1989 because he believed the Austrian government was planning a development project which would provide each house with running water and a central sewage treatment plant.
	www.uvm.edu /~rlachape/rep-snp.htm (11628 words)

	The Sherpa Education Fund
		The Sherpa Education Fund provides scholarships for Nepalese children at a private school that integrates world class education with a respect for the preservation of Sherpa culture.
		The Sherpa people are a tribal group from eastern Tibet who migrated to Nepal in the 16th century.
		Because Sherpa guides and assistants became such an integral part of any successful team, westerners now use the word "Sherpa" to mean a local guide or assistant, sometimes without realizing that this is in fact a clan name.
	www.sherpafund.org (388 words)

	United Sherpa Association - Interview With Mrs. Margriet Jansen
		People who try to maintain the quality of their culture, their customs and believes and who work on an improvement of the living conditions in their native soil in Rolwaling.
		Sherpas cannot return and live in their own land without extortion, death threats and forceful participation to become a comrade, and join the Maoist cause.
		In my opinion the Sherpas are not the biggest victims at the moment since the fights are not (yet) taking place in Sherpa areas but it becomes a serious threat.
	www.sherpakyidug.org /E-talk/etalk7.asp (2470 words)

	1997 Sherpa Culture in the Everest Expedition Cybercast Live with Todd Burleson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		As Sherpas were praised and rewarded for their climbing achievements, they accepted the mantle of the sport's glories--and its tragedies.
		While these ancestral roles remain a staple of Sherpa life, the leading of climbs and treks has become a mainstay of their economy.
		The Sherpa population in the Khumbu is about 5,000; a total of about 35,000 Sherpas currently live in Nepal.
	classic.mountainzone.com /everest/sherpas.stm (1147 words)

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		The people fled to the Khumbu region, and later moved further into the Helambu region.
		The people gather to eat as much as possible during the festival, believing the food will go toward nourishing the loved one who has died.
		Sherpa religion (a mixture of Buddhist and animist) and culture have evolved from thousands of years of myths, stories and strong religious practice.
	www.freewebs.com /samanthaphillips/thesherpappl.htm (1515 words)

	Unlocking the Archives
		Tenzing Norgay became famous after conquering Everest and was an ambassador of the Nepalese and Sherpa peoples.
		The first Sherpa to reach the summit of Everest was Tenzing Norgay in 1953.
		Yaks are often used by Sherpas to carry loads because they cross mountainous terrains well and can carry up to 100kg (220 lb) of packs.
	www.unlockingthearchives.rgs.org /glossary?word=Sherpa (347 words)

	* NZine * People Making Changes Issue 35 - Ngima Dorji Sherpa
		Ngima Dorji Sherpa was a name that came up in the last two articles in People Making Changes describing how Barry Sligh and his team were working to raise money for schools in remote villages in Nepal.
		People have to walk for at least five days to reach the motor road at Jiri.
		However, he realises that for the people in the remote villages of the Everest region to improve their lives education is essential.
	www.nzine.co.nz /changes/issue35.html (1447 words)

	SherpaTrek.com Publisher and Nepal Visionary Chronicles Himalayan Adventures to Snow College Student Body
		In 2002 he and his family sponsored a young teenage girl from a Sherpa village high in the Himalayas to study in the United States, and she is now very much a part of the family.
		He shared with the Snow College students though that more miraculous was the sturdiness and spirit of the Sherpa people, the natives of the high elevation villages in the Himalayas.
		Christiansen explained that he founded Mountain Grabbers as a means to open the culture and economy of the Sherpa people in the high elevation Khumbu villages to the rest of the world.
	www.emediawire.com /releases/2005/9/prweb282982.htm (689 words)

	NOVA Online \| Everest \| Sherpas on Everest
		Sherpas have an unmatched spirit and positive outlook that has been written about the world over.
		Sherpa Tenzing Norgay, hearing of the continuing British climbing expeditions to Mount Everest, came to India in 1933, hoping to be taken on for that year's expedition.
		He was not among those selected, but in 1935, at the age of 19, he was picked by Eric Shipton to take part in the exciting reconnaissance he was leading to the Everest area.
	www.pbs.org /wgbh/nova/everest/history/sherpason.html (460 words)

	HIMALAYAN ONLINE STORE FOR BOOKS, MUSIC & VIDEOS.
		People from north himalayan region to south flat land have their own society, tradition, culture and language.
		As a Sherpa he was familiar with snow and mountain from his childhood.
		Sherpas are called that they came from Tibet long time ago.
	sherpadawa.8m.com /store (677 words)

	Sherpa History Culture Buddhist Nyingma Tibet Lama Kham (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		He is admired worldwide as an icon of Sherpa dignity, friendship, and courage.
		Sherpas often apply unique Sharwa pronunciations and meanings to Tibetan words, so that it can be tricky to have colloquial Tibetan speakers and Sharwa speakers understand each other's meanings in conversation.
		Modern spoken Sherpa is in fact heavily spiced with Nepali-origin and English-origin words, because modern conversation requires words that don't exist in Sherpa.
	www.bena.com /sherpa1/sfa/sSherFac.htm (1958 words)

	EverestQuest-Social Studies Lesson Plan 5
		Sherpas have lived in the Khumbu valley and in alpine villages of eastern Nepal for many years.
		Sherpa communities can even be found in other areas, such as India, Bhutan, Europe and North America.
		The Sherpa language is similar to the Tibetan language, but because Sherpas lived isolated from Tibetans for so may years, the Sherpa language has changed into its own.
	www.everestquest.com /socstudies5.htm (514 words)

	Team Everest 03 - Daily Logs/Photos: March
		The support and encouragement the team is receiving from the Sherpa, the Nepalis and all the good folks and climbers from around the globe we've encountered on the trail has been incredible.
		The most important things I know thus far is that the potential of people with disabilities is truly unlimited and that all people should have the right to explore life to their fullest potential.
		Tsering Sherpa uses his ethnic group's name for his last name, as do all Sherpa people who live in the Khumbu and Solu regions near Everest.
	www.teameverest03.org /daily_log-photo/logs/march4.html (1241 words)

	The Unreached Peoples Prayer Profiles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Sherpa of Nepal are a distinct group from the Helambu Sherpa.
		The Sherpa language is a dialect of Tibetan and is part of the family of languages to which many other Nepali languages belong.
		The Helambu Sherpa of Nepal; and the Sherpa of India.
	www.ksafe.com /profiles/p_code5/717.html (809 words)

	Radio Australia - Asia Pacific - Programs - NEPAL: Mountaineers gather to mark first ascent of Mt Everest (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Until his death in 1986, Tenzing Norgay taught Sherpas the skills required to be high altitude mountaineers and although he died wishing he could have done more for his people, Tashi says his grandfather has received the recognition he so rightly deserved.
		SPENCER: Thousands of Sherpa people, led by Ang Rita Sherpa, a pupil in the first school Sir Edmund built have made the long trip from the Solu Khumbu region to Kathmandu to pay their respects and say thank you to the man who has changed their lives by building schools, hospitals and vital infrastructure.
		But as a result of his climb, Sir Ed has seen the difficulties of the life of the Sherpa people without education, health care and from 1960 he has started to build schools and hospitals and we Sherpa people have really achieved a great deal from the opportunity he has provided to us.
	www.abc.net.au /ra/asiapac/programs/s866765.htm (945 words)

	USATODAY.com - Travel - News - Climbers used fame to help villagers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		To many people, Sherpa means "person who helps western climber reach summit." But the Sherpa people are a culture with a population of more than 30,000 people in Nepal.
		The Sherpas have adapted genetically to living at the highest altitudes on earth.
		Some Sherpa climbers are known to smoke cigarettes at altitudes more than 19,000 feet.
	www.usatoday.com /travel/news/features/2003/2003-05-08-everest-climbers.htm (421 words)

	Team Everest 03 - Daily Logs/Photos: April
		Many Sherpa are named for the day of the week on which they were born.
		Housing options for people with disabilities, especially those transferring from nursing homes to the community, are often extremely limited by affordability and physical barriers.
		The Coalition of Texans with Disabilities is dedicated to ensuring that people with disabilities enjoy equal opportunities to live, work, play, and participate fully in the community of their choice.
	www.teameverest03.org /daily_log-photo/logs/april27.html (1531 words)

	SHERPA CULTURE & MONASTIC TREK 14 DAYS \| Everest Region \| Khumbu Nepal \| Sherpa Culture \| Monastic Trek \| Himalayan ...
		Nevertheless, many local people still do practice potato and seasonal vegetable farming, and raise Yaks as their main live stocks between and in the valleys of these towering peaks.
		People are using their homes for dual purposes at strategic points to generate extra income as well as continue their village style living.
		It is a small Sherpa village with resorts and camping grounds for the trek to and from the Everest Region.
	www.infohub.com /TRAVEL/SIT/sit_pages/9725.html (2565 words)

	`Progress' Enriches, Endangers Nepal's Sherpas; Trekking, Tourism Bring Development - But Threaten a Culture (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The new battle to preserve Sherpa culture is being led in part by
		Sherpa language classes in the mountain schools, in addition to English and
		Solo-Khumbu district, the Sherpa region south of Everest.
	www.tibet.ca /en/wtnarchive/1993/12/1_2.html (972 words)

	Solu-Khumbu (Everest) Region - Nepal,1998 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Solu-Khumbu region is the land of Sherpa, very kind hill people, who came about 500 years ago from the east of Tibet.
		The main income of the Sherpa is catering for the expeditions and treks.
		The government shows little support for the Sherpa people, even the Lukla airport (a short inclined airstrip, at 2800m elevation), schools and hospitals are built with funds from Sir Edmund Hillary’s foundation.
	www.fortunecity.com /oasis/andes/11/nepal/khumbu.htm (248 words)

	Trekking Nepal Mountains
		Pema Dorje Sherpa is instrumental to our behind-the-scenes insight into life in Nepal, and we showcase his accomplishments as a guide and we whole-heartedly recommend his services for your journey to the storied Kingdom of Nepal.
		Richard Christiansen, President of Mountain Grabbers, trekked the Himalayas in 2001 and immediately felt a connection with the Sherpa people.
		He and his family were also moved to be a sponsor for the education in the United States of Nawang Sherpa, Pema's daughter.
	www.sherpatrek.com (401 words)

	Mountain Grabbers, Online Himalaya Trekking Resource, Announces the Launch of SherpaTrek.com
		SherpaTrek.com is a uniquely authentic, full-spectrum information portal for mountain trekking in Nepal, with first-hand insight from a real-life, experienced Sherpa: Pema Dorje Sherpa, a veteran of Nepal mountain trekking and expeditions to the summit of Mt. Everest.
		SherpaTrek.com is an exhaustive and authoritative information source on the Sherpa way of life and the adventure of hiking in the Himalayas.
		Drawing from firsthand accounts of Pema Dorje Sherpa, SherpaTrek.com provides information on all aspects of Sherpa culture, little known and unique facts about life in Nepal and among the Sherpa people, and advice on visiting Nepal for a trekking expedition.
	www.emediawire.com /releases/2005/9/prweb283303.htm (708 words)

	The Unreached Peoples Prayer Profiles
		This small nation is landlocked between India and Tibet, and the Helambu Sherpa live in the south central portion of the country.
		The Helambu Sherpa migrated from Tibet to Nepal in the 15th century in order to flee religious persecution.
		Ask the Lord to call people who are willing to go to Nepal and share Christ with the Helambu Sherpa.
	www.global12project.com /2004/profiles/p_code/311.html (781 words)

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