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Sherpa was valued as one of the best mountain guides. He received two entries in the Guinness Book of Records: one for climbing Mount Everest ten times without oxygen cylinders in the 1980s and 1990s, and one for climbing Everest for the first time without artificial oxygen in 1987.
Nepalese journalist Narayan Wagle told the newspaper about the now deceased mountain guide: “He spoke in a low voice and generally did not say much”, his death was a great loss for the mountaineering community.
Financial problems despite being famous
Sherpa was in poor health since a brain hemorrhage in 2017. Despite her fame and background, she struggled financially throughout her life, another talented mountain guide, Kami Rita Sherpa, told the Kathmandu Post newspaper.
Kami Rita Sherpa climbed the highest mountain on earth more frequently, but with artificial oxygen.
Cold to minus 50 degrees
An ascent without artificial oxygen is more difficult because at high altitudes the air is thicker and you have to breathe faster. In this way the body loses heat more quickly and works more slowly. Hypothermia and exhaustion can lead to altitude sickness.
An ascent in winter makes everything even more difficult, because at an altitude of more than 8000 meters it is minus 50 degrees cold and extremely strong winds can blow. (SDA / bra)
