Himalayan
Britishadjective
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Instead, her work has focused on the Sherpa people, an ethnic group from the surrounding Himalayan regions, who often work as guides and porters for foreign mountaineers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
The other, “Tenzing,” currently available on Apple TV, revisits Edmund Hillary’s 1953 ascent of Everest through the eyes of Tenzing Norgay, the Himalayan guide who reached the summit alongside him.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
Following a visit to Beijing, India's then environment minister Jairam Ramesh announced that the Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology and China's Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute would collaborate on the project.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
Another wave of landslides and heavy rain have killed about 30 people in Nepal, as the Himalayan nation reels from August's catastrophic flooding that left 1,400 dead and thousands more missing.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
Like most of his peers, he sought funding from corporate sponsors to pay for his expensive Himalayan expeditions.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
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