(ROBIC UPADHAYAY/AFP/AFP) Kanchha Sherpa was the last surviving member of the 1953 expedition that saw Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay Sherpa become the first to summit the world's highest mountain.

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KATHMANDU, Nepal(AP) — Kanchha Sherpa, the last surviving member of the mountaineering expedition team that first conquered Mount Everest, died early Thursday, according to the Nepal Mountaineering ...

KATHMANDU – Kanchha Sherpa, the last surviving member of the 1953 expedition that first conquered Mount Everest, passed away at the age of 89. He died early on October 17 at his home in Kathmandu ...