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  • n  a member of the Himalayan people living in Nepal and Tibet who are famous for their skill as mountaineers

  • He then devoted years to teaching at the Himalayan Mountaineering Institute in Darjeeling, before dying in 1986 at 74a good age for a sherpa.
  • Who does the White House pick as the confirmation sherpa? 10.
  • THE PRIZE Simply by being there, a Himalayan peak posed the ultimate challlenge to a bee farmer named Edmund Hilary and a sherpa named Tenzing Norgay.
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  • Elite Skekane rack review
    It has an odd name, but the Skekane is a veritable Sherpa for any rider who likes to be well equipped and has no pockets.  The tough aluminium rack is versatile – and configurable in several ways – with room for two bottle cages, a pair of CO 2 cartridges with an inflator, spare tube, levers and a mini pump. You can even hang a seatpack below it too for extra capacity.  The rack, mounting ...
    June 12, 2013 - BikeRadar
  • Richland man is home after logging 17th summit of Everest
    Thu, 06 Jun 2013 09:01:00 GMT By TYLER RICHARDSON TRI-CITY HERALD PAUL T. ERICKSON/Tri-City Herald Ang Dorjee Sherpa is hugged by his children Karma, 7, left, and Tashi, 9, as his wife, Michelle Gregory, waits her turn Tuesday at the Pasco Airport. Ang Dorjee had just returned from his 17th summit of Mount Everest. RICHLAND — To experienced climbers everywhere, Ang Dorjee Sherpa is the legendary ...
    June 11, 2013 - Yakima Herald-Republic
  • Paragonix Technologies Inc., Announces Presentation of "An Innovative, Novel Hypothermic Storage System For Donor ...
    CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Paragonix Technologies Inc., Announces Presentation Discussing the Sherpa Pak™ Cardiac Transport System During the 16th Congress of the European Society for Organ Transplantation
    June 10, 2013 - Business Wire
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  • Helen Clark in Earthtimes (press release)
    Clark said that after his ascent of Everest brought him worldwide fame "he set out to support development for the Sherpa people of the Himalayas. His lifetime's humanitarian work there is of huge significance and lasting benefit."

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