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Kathmandu, Nepal. 30th Jan, 2019. Lhakpa Gelu Sherpa, 52-year-old mountain guide from Nepal, turns prayer wheels at the Buddhist monastery. 16 years ago he climbed Mount Everest in ten hours and 56
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Lhakpa Gelu Sherpa describes being at the Everest base camp after the April avalanche that killed 16 guides. (Photo by Alex Stonehill) – The Seattle Globalist
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