He was born to a Sherpa guide and a Christian missionary in the Himalayas.
Tabei lost consciousness for approximately six minutes until her Sherpa guide dug her out.
Exhausted from the climb, they had stopped to bivouac as the night approached, despite the fact that their Sherpa guides had urged them not to.
We make mistakes; "merit" is no infallible Sherpa guide to intellectual life.
The documentary, filmed by Sherpa guides wearing helmet-mounted cameras, invests in personalities early on.
A Sherpa guide can earn about $2,000 during a two-month climbing season, far more than he would for most other jobs.
According to reports, Hall's Sherpa guides attempted to rescue him for hours.
Batard carried oxygen and had Sherpa guides to help him.
The Manhattan nanny, it seemed, was a combination companion, guardian, social secretary and Sherpa guide on the treacherous slopes of city life.
Luckily they were traveling with Sherpa guides.