Everyone knows how hard the conquering of Mount Everest. The highest mountain in the world is being a pride for those who can be captive.
In the language of Nepal, the mountain is called Sagarmatha which means goddess of the sky. In history, the first person who is able to conquer this mountain is Edmund Hillary. But without a Sherpa who was helping him, he will not be reaching the peak of the mountain.
When the climb, Hillary was accompanied by a Sherpa named Tenzing Norgay. Who is the figure of the Sherpa?
Sherpa is the name of a group of tribes who lived in the mountainous area of Everest. They migrated from Tibet hundreds of years ago.
Before becoming famous mountaineers, their jobs were cattle herders, farmers is plateau, and weavers. Their lives changed dramatically when the climbers made the Everest as tourist attractions in the early 1900 's.
From that point the Sherpa switched professions to become a companion for tourists to climb.
Physically, the body has its own anomalies Sherpa compared to other human beings. According to Rasmus Nielsen, professor of biology at the University of California, is physically the body Sherpa has been adapting to the altitude, such as thin oxygen.
In addition, the Sherpa also has a uniqueness in the naming, in general they are named based on the day they are born in the local language. As follows: Nyima (Sunday), Dawa (Monday), Mingma (Tuesday), Lhakpa (Wednesday), Phurba (Thursday), pairs (Friday).
