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Phurba Sherpa from Ringmo, our Sirdar or "the Boss". |
Famous response to the most frequently asked question "How long will it take to ...": "For us it is 2 hours walking, for you 4 hours."
More diplomatic when crossing the 4950 m pass from Hinku valley to Lukla: "For the local villagers it is 4 hours, for you 10 hours. Note: he was right.
| TITLE (to click on) | File name | Date |
| Ang Puri Sherpa, our first climbing Sherpa (1) | s_ap1.jpg | Oct 1998 |
| Ang Puri Sherpa, our first climbing Sherpa (2) | s_ap2.jpg | Oct 1998 |
| Shiring Sherpa, our second climbing Sherpa | s_s.jpg | Oct 1998 |
| Cooky | cooky.jpg | Oct 1998 |
| Tenzing, son of a Tibetan Lama refugee | s_tenz.jpg | Oct 1998 |
| Passang Sherpa, Phurba's cousin. | s_pas.jpg | Oct 1998 |
| .... Sherpa | s_por3.jpg | Oct 1998 |
| Lokendra Raj | s_lok.jpg | Oct 1998 |
| Kitchen Boy ..... | s_k1.jpg | Oct 1998 |
| Kitchen Boy ..... | s_k2.jpg | Oct 1998 |
| Kitchen Boy ..... | s_k3.jpg | Oct 1998 |
| Kitchen Boy ..... | s_k5.jpg | Oct 1998 |
| Kitchen Boy ..... | s_k6.jpg | Oct 1998 |
| Kitchen Boy ..... | s_k8.jpg | Oct 1998 |
| Four Tamang porter girls on the Mera Peak trek/climb | martgirl.jpg | Oct 1998 |
| Three Tamang porter girls on the Kachenjunga trek, posing | girls3.jpg | Oct 1998 |
| Three Tamang porter girls on the Kachenjunga trek, sleeping time | girltent.jpg | Oct 1998 |
| Tamang porter after he carried Rokus (80 kg) during the snow blind incident | s_por4.jpg | Oct 1998 |
| Tamang porter | s_por2.jpg | Oct 1998 |
