A farmer-mountain information, who lately grew to become the primary individual to climb all 14 of the world’s highest peaks twice, is deciding whether or not he ought to retire.
“I think I want to give up climbing high mountains and travel abroad as a tourist for a while,” Sanu Sherpa stated in Nepal’s capital Kathmandu on Friday.
The 47-year-old Sherpa lately returned to Nepal after finishing a second spherical of all 14 peaks of 8,000 meters (26,240 ft). He has scaled Mount Everest seven instances.
He began mountaineering later than most of his group. His first profitable ascent was in 2006, when he scaled Mount Cho Oyu on the age of 31. It was solely a yr after he began working in mountaineering, climbing mountains on his again, and serving to with the bottom camp kitchen.
By that point, he labored in his distant mountain village to develop potatoes, maize and wheat and assist his mother and father in grazing yak.
He stated he noticed that some males from his village labored a couple of months in mountaineering and got here again with good garments and cash, whereas they struggled on the farm and didn’t make sufficient to assist their household.
He determined to go away his plow and farm implements behind and transfer to the closest mountain to work as a porter.
He was the primary of 9 siblings to take up mountaineering as a profession, however quickly two different brothers joined him. Their solely son, now in faculty, has moved along with his father to the decrease hills of the mountains, however doesn’t need to observe in his footsteps.
Sherpas have climbed peaks over 8,000 meters a complete of 37 instances and have been concerned in high-altitude rescue in addition to restoration of lifeless climbers.
“While rescuing, I think I might be in a similar situation someday, and I get scared. But I kept climbing because only as a Sherpa guide could find me employment,” he informed the Associated Press. “We don’t have the other skills or education to get any other job.” He has turn into one of the crucial sought-after mountain guides since setting a brand new mountaineering document, however he stated he’s contemplating leaving as a result of his household does not need him to proceed taking dangers.
“I am now getting a lot of offers from foreign customers who say that they will pay me great money to guide me to the mountain peaks, but I have not responded,” he stated.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
