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Sherpas

• Sherpas mean ‘Easterners’ and refer to an ethnic group which
had migrated from eastern Tibet to the Everest region.
• Usually, their first name is the day of the week when they

were born.
Nyima - Sunday Dawa - Monday
Mingma - Tuesday Lhakpa - Wednesday

Phurba - Thursday Pasang - Friday

Pemba - Saturday
• Sherpas help climbers by carrying tents to the high camps This Corner
and cooking food. Over 4000 people have

• Sherpas climb Everest as a job to support their families. attempted to climb
• Sherpas can get sick from the altitude like anyone. Everest.

Look at the pictures given below and name the people who have climbed

Mount Everest.

1 2 3

4 5 6

Clue Corner

a) Nawang Gombu b) Tenzing Norgay c) Tamae Watanabe

d) Madhu Sudan Patidar e) Anshu Jamsenpa f) Santosh Yadav

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