(ROBIC UPADHAYAY/AFP/AFP) Kanchha Sherpa was the last surviving member of the 1953 expedition that saw Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay Sherpa become the first to summit the world's highest mountain.

Kanchha Sherpa during an interview at his residence in Kathmandu, Nepal, in March 2024 [File: Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo] Kanchha Sherpa, the last surviving member of the mountaineering team that ...

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KATHMANDU, Nepal(AP) — Kanchha Sherpa, the last surviving member of the mountaineering expedition team that first conquered Mount Everest, died early Thursday, according to the Nepal Mountaineering ...