Everest Challenge Sir Ranulph Fiennes is climbing Everest for Marie Curie Cancer Care’s Delivering Choice Programme. Marie Curie Cancer Care

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Pasang (Friday) with the guardian angels of the mountain

Team Marie Curie is accompanied by Sherpas for their expedition to the summit of Everest. The Sherpa – ‘eastern people’ – live in the Khumbu Valley, the national park surrounding Everest and originate from Eastern Tibet.
Sherpas are employed by Everest mountaineers as guides and double up as porters, carrying some of the supplies and heavier [...]