Kanchha Sherpa, last member of first Mount Everest expedition, dies at 92

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Kanchha Sherpa helped Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary summit Everest in 1953.

Published On 17 Oct 202517 Oct 2025

Kanchha Sherpa, the last surviving member of the mountaineering team that first reached the summit of Mount Everest, the world’s highest peak, has died in Nepal at the age of 92.

The Nepal Mountaineering Association described Kanchha Sherpa as a “historic and legendary figure” who died at his home in Kapan in the Kathmandu district of Nepal on Thursday.

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