Nepal’s Ang Rita Sherpa, first to climb Mount Everest ten times, dies

KATHMANDU – Ang Rita Sherpa, the first man to climb Mount Everest 10 times, died of a lengthy illness on Monday, his family said, an event that fellow sherpas called a major loss to Nepal and the climbing community. All the ascents to the 8,850-m. (29,035-foot) summit of […]