Sherpa shortage takes a toll on Everest

EVEREST BASE CAMP:  The Everest industry is suffering from a dangerous shortage of its most important resource: experienced Sherpa guides. Ethnic Sherpas from the valleys around Everest have become synonymous with high altitude climbing. The number of Everest climbers has more than doubled in two decades, however, and the Sherpa supply has not kept pace. […]

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