When most people hear the word 'Sherpa' they think of somebody who is there
to carry their bags up and down mountains like Mount Everest. However, they are so much more than this, and the majority of Sherpa's in the Everest region
actually work as guides for those climbing the mountain.
Read the article at the link given for more info.
The posters live in small villages down the valley from Mount Everest.
I am not sure if this was the biggest but it was certainly the deadlest avalanche. In the spring of 2014 there was a big avalanche that killed 16 porters on the slopes of Mount Everest.
People live near Mount Everest because it is their home. There are many small villages in the Everest area which are homes to farmers, familys and of course the porters and Sherpa's who climbing on Mount Everest.
The porters who lost their lives during the 1922 British Mount Everest Expedition were: Dorje Tupac Norbu Pasang Pema Sange Temba
The deadliest years on Mount Everest so far are: 1922 - 7 Porters died in an avalanche 1996 - 8 climbers perished in a storm 2014 - 16 Nepalese guides died in an avalanche
Mount Everest
Mount Everest is a mountain not a volcano.
No, Mount Everest will not erupt because it is not a volcano.
Mount Everest is in the Himalayan mountain range.
mount everest is bigger
George Everest discovered Mount Everest in 1852.
Mount Everest is a mountain.