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/ˈʃɜː(ɹ)pə/ · noun
(countable) A local mountain guide or porter, particularly a male of the Nepalese Sherpa people so employed..
Climbers have warned of overcrowding on K2 — the world’s second highest mountain and one of its deadliest — after a sherpa took video of queues snaking towards the summit.
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Sherpa means (countable) A local mountain guide or porter, particularly a male of the Nepalese Sherpa people so employed..
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Climbers have warned of overcrowding on K2 — the world’s second highest mountain and one of its deadliest — after a sherpa took video of queues snaking towards the summit.
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