Sherpa to scatter Hillary's ashes
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April 2, 2010, Friday
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A 49-YEAR-OLD Nepalese Sherpa guide who holds the record for the most conquests of Mount Everest will make his 20th climb this spring and scatter the ashes of Sir Edmund Hillary, one of the first to reach the top nearly 60 years ago.
Apa, who like most Sherpas goes by one name, first climbed the 8,850-meter mountain in 1989 and has repeated the feat almost every year since. His closest rival is fellow Sherpa guide Chhewang Nima, who has made 15 summit trips.
Apa yesterday announced his intention to make his 20th ascent in May. He and his fellow climbers, 17 other Sherpas and 12 Westerners, also plan to collect 7,000 kilograms of garbage, a growing environmental problem on the Himalayan peak. They plan to pay porters to help bring down the refuse.
Apa, who moved to the United States in 2006 and lives in the Salt Lake City suburb of Draper, said he would scatter the ashes of Hillary at the summit. New Zealander Hillary conquered Everest in 1953 with Sherpa Tenzing Norgay. He died in 2008. "I will pray for Hillary once I reach the summit," Apa said.
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