
"We are deeply saddened by the passing of Mr Kanchha Sherpa, the last surviving member of the first successful summit of Mount Everest in 1953, the association's president, Fur Gelje Sherpa, said in a statement. His absence leaves an irreplaceable loss He will be dearly missed, the president said. Tenzing Chogyal Sherpa said his grandfather had some issues with his throat recently. Otherwise, he had no major health issue for a person of his age, his grandson told the DPA news agency."
"Kanchha Sherpa was among the 35 members of the team that helped Sherpa guide Tenzing Norgay and New Zealander Edmund Hillary reach the 8,849-metre (29,032-foot) peak of Everest on May 29, 1953. He was one of three Sherpas to reach the final camp before the summit with Hillary and Tenzing. Hillary and Norgay, both 39 at the time, became the first to reach the summit on May 29, 1953."
Kanchha Sherpa, born in 1933 in Namche, died at his home in Kapan, Kathmandu, at age 92. He was the last surviving member of the 1953 expedition that assisted Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary to summit Mount Everest on May 29, 1953. He was among 35 team members and one of three Sherpas who reached the final camp with Hillary and Tenzing. He traded potatoes in Tibet as a youth, later trained for climbing in Darjeeling, and worked as a high-altitude porter thanks to his father's friendship with Tenzing. He continued working in the Himalayas for two more decades. The Nepal Mountaineering Association called him historic and legendary; family noted recent throat issues but no major other health problems.
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