Kanchha Sherpa part of expedition that put Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary atop world’s highest peak in 1953
Kanchha Sherpa, the last surviving member of the mountaineering expedition team that first conquered Mount Everest, has died at the age of 92, according to the Nepal Mountaineering Association.
Kanchha died early on Thursday at his home in Kapan, Kathmandu district, said Phur Gelje Sherpa, the association’s president.
“He passed away peacefully at his residence,” Phur Gelje said, explaining that Kanchha had been unwell for some time. “A chapter of the mountaineering history has vanished with him.”
Last rites will be held on Monday, he said.
