Mount Everest is important to the Sherpas for 2 main reasons:
1: Because of the height of the mountain it is closer to there gods.
2: Climbers from all over the world bring much needed money into the region when they come to climb Mount Everest.
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It would be a very high amount of Sherpas who have reached the summit of Mount Everest comparied to european climbers.
It would be a very high amount of Sherpas who have reached the summit of Mount Everest comparied to european climbers.
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The Sherpas
The people who live around Mount Everest are called Sherpas.
I think you mean Sherpas instead of Shepards. Sherpas moved closer to Mount Everest to get work. Every climbing season hundreds of Sherpas are paid to carry loads on Mount Everest or fix routes etc. They can earn more in 1 month on Mount Everest than what they get by farming the rest of the year.
They are called 'Sherpas'. They can guide climbers up the mountain and keep the route safe and open.
The people who live in villages in view of Mount Everest are Sherpas.
Sherpas are associated with Mt Everest and the Himalaya.
Nobody lives on Mount Everest except during the climbing season when climbers from all over the world camp in tents. Near Mount Everest Sherpas live in small villages or farms.
He payed back the Sherpas by building them a school. (He payed them back because the Sherpas helped him while climbing mount Everest)