The individuals or groups, especially Westerners who summit Everest get a lot of attention and accolade for making it up there once. It's a big deal, sure.

But rarely do people ever give credit or talk about the Sherpas who have summited more than once.

Kami Rita, a Nepali Sherpa has been up there 31 times. 31! He breaks his record every year and has been climbing since 1994. What a fucking legend.

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The Sherpas are amazing. I had one carry my bag for 2 days of my 3 week trek up to gokyo lakes in Nepal after my knee gave way. Small guy, calves like a house.

They're definitely built differently and evolved for their environment.

Its amazing what we can become when exposed to circumstances

Amazing people

Created from Circumstances

No one cares to see

#haiku

History is written by the rich. (Got a sherpa friend that is in my ride or die group, we make a lot of fun of the westerners)

It’s like people don’t remember the engineers of an iPhone but Steve Jobs. 🤷🏻‍♂️