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SC 51 images Created 18 May 2021

SC - Sherpa Climbing School - 1980
Description: The first climbing school for Sherpa mountaineers in the Khumbu, Nepal 1980, led by Dr. Peter Hackett and John Fischer and organized by Palisade School of Mountaineering and Mountain Travel Nepal, including Sherpa guides Pasang Kami and Pertemba as co-instructors. 
Details: Photos captured in Nepal from 1980 to 2021 

This is part of the AlpenImage Photography Archive, a vast image collection from around the world shot by Gordon Wiltsie. For more information about this gallery, or to browse the entire archive explore our interactive database at https://www.alpenimage.com/database
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  • A trekker stands ibeside his tent in a camp below the north face of Cholatse Peak in the Khumbu region of Nepal.
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  • Camp in Dzongla Meadows near Cho La pass, Ama Dablam bkg. Khumbu Region.
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  • Mingma Mote Sherpa learns to rappel during a climbing school operated by Mountain Travel Nepal in September, 1980.
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  • NEPAL, HIMALAYA.  American mountaineers teach a reluctant Sherpa how to do his 1st free rapel during 1980 climbing courses in Khumbu region.
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  • NEPAL, HIMALAYA, Sherpa climber rappelling on crag, Mt.Ama Dablam bkg. Khumbu Region.
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  • Pasang Ongchu Sherpa prepares to climb a cliff during a mountaineering school operated by Mountain Travel Nepal in September 1980.
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  • A young Sherpa mountaineer learns proper belay techniques at a climbing school operated by Mountain Travel Nepal in September, 1980.
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  • While attending a technical mountaineering seminar for Sherpas in 1980, participants practice steep ice climbing on the Dzongla Glacier near Everest in the. Khumbu Region of Nepal.
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  • HIMALAYA, NEPAL. Veteran Sherpa mountaineer learns to do Tyrolean traverse at 1980 climbing school in Khumbu region.
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  • Sherpas and porters set up a camp for trekkers at Dzongla Meadows, under the North Face of Cholatse, a peak near Mount Everest in Nepal.
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  • NEPAL, HIMALAYA. Mountaineer admires foggy 6440-meter Cholatse Peak from a camp in Dzongla Meadows, Khumbu Region.
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  • Sherpa mountaineers Ang Lakpa and Pasang (Namche) watch a demonstration at a climbing school operated by Mountain Travel Nepal in September, 1980.
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  • John Fischer teaches mountaineering to a group of Sherpas in 1980.
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  • While attending a technical mountaineering seminar for Sherpas in 1980, Sherap Jangbu Sherpa practices rappelling on a crag in front 6828-meter Ama Dablam bkg. Khumbu Region of Nepal.
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  • Pasang Onchu Sherpa learns to belay under the watchful eye of instructor Pertemba Sherpa at a mountaineering school operated by Mountain Travel Nepal in September, 1980
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  • Base camp for an early mountaineering school for climbing sherpas in the Khumbu region of Nepal, 1980. Mt. Ama Dablam  bkg.
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  • Base camp for an early mountaineering school for climbing sherpas in the Khumbu region of Nepal, 1980
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  • Base camp for an early mountaineering school for climbing sherpas in the Khumbu region of Nepal, 1980.  Mt. Cholatse bkg.
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  • Dr. Peter Hackett teaches first aid at an early mountaineering school for climbing sherpas in the Khumbu region of Nepal, 1980.  Sherpas L to R: Pertemba, Pasang Kami + Kancha
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  • Dr. Peter Hackett teaches first aid at an early mountaineering school for climbing sherpas in the Khumbu region of Nepal, 1980.
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  • Gordon Wiltsie teaches Kancha Sherpa how to tie knots at an early mountaineering school for sherpas in the Khumbu region of Nepal, 1980.
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  • Nuru Jangbu Sherpa (from Pangboche)  learns to rappel at an early mountaineering school for sherpas in the Khumbu region of Nepal, 1980.
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  • Pertemba Sheerpa teachs rappelling to his colleagues at an early mountaineering school for sherpas in the Khumbu region of Nepal, 1980.
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  • Ang Dyale Sherpa in his climbing harness at an early mountaineering school for sherpas in the Khumbu region of Nepal, 1980.
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  • Lakpa Noru Sherpa attends an early mountaineering school for sherpas in the Khumbu region of Nepal, 1980.
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  • Pertemba Sherpa demonstrates rappelling to his colleagues at an early mountaineering school for sherpas in the Khumbu region of Nepal, 1980.Mt. Ama Dablam bkg.
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  • Pertemba Sherpa demonstrates  rappelling  at an early mountaineering school for sherpas in the Khumbu region of Nepal, 1980. Mt. Ama Dablam bkg.
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  • Ang Jangbu Sherpa practices belaying at   an early mountaineering school for sherpas in the Khumbu region of Nepal, 1980. Mt. Ama Dablam bkg.
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  • American guides teach climbing sherpas how to make a rescue sled at an early mountaineering school for sherpas in the Khumbu region of Nepal, 1980.
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  • American guides teach climbing sherpas mountain rescue techiques at an early mountaineering school for sherpas in the Khumbu region of Nepal, 1980.
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  • Pertemba Sherpa teaches his colleagues how to belay at an early mountaineering school for sherpas in the Khumbu region of Nepal, 1980.
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  • American guides teach climbing sherpas mountain rescue techiques at an early mountaineering school for sherpas in the Khumbu region of Nepal, 1980.
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  • Pertemba Sherpa teaches his colleagues how to make an ice anchor at an early mountaineering school for sherpas in the Khumbu region of Nepal, 1980.
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  • Sherpas practice ice climbing techniques on the Dzongla Glacier at an early mountaineering school for sherpas in the Khumbu region of Nepal, 1980.
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  • Sherpas practice ice ax arrest techniques on the Dzongla Glacier at an early mountaineering school for sherpas in the Khumbu region of Nepal, 1980.
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  • Mountain guide John Fischer demonstrates  ice ax arrest techniques on the Dzongla Glacier at an early mountaineering school for sherpas in the Khumbu region of Nepal, 1980.
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  • A sherpa practices a Tyrolean traverse at an early mountaineering school for sherpas in the Khumbu region of Nepal, 1980.
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  • Lakpa Dorje Sherpa (Phortse) practices a Tyrolean traverse at an early mountaineering school for sherpas in the Khumbu region of Nepal, 1980.
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  • Nima Tsering Sherpa practices a Tyrolean traverse at an early mountaineering school for sherpas in the Khumbu region of Nepal, 1980.
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  • Pasang Tenzing Sherpa practices a Tyrolean traverse at an early mountaineering school for sherpas in the Khumbu region of Nepal, 1980.
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  • Base camp for an early mountaineering school for sherpas in the Khumbu region of Nepal, 1980.  Mt. Cholatse bkg.
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  • A mountaineer in base camp for an early mountaineering school for sherpas in the Khumbu region of Nepal, 1980.  Mt. Cholatse bkg.
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  • Sherpa veterans Mingma Mote, Pasang Kami + Ang Phurba at an early mountaineering school for sherpas in the Khumbu region of Nepal, 1980.  Mt. Cholatse bkg.
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  • Participants enjoy their diplomas at an early mountaineering school for sherpas in the Khumbu region of Nepal, 1980.
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  • Sherpas prepare to rappel at an early mountaineering school for sherpas in the Khumbu region of Nepal, 1980. Mt. Ama Dablam bkg.
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  • A sherpa practices rappelling  at an early mountaineering school for sherpas in the Khumbu region of Nepal, 1980. Mt. Ama Dablam bkg.
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  • Sherpas practice crevasse safety on the Dzongla Glacier at an early mountaineering school for sherpas in the Khumbu region of Nepal, 1980.
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  • Pertemba Sherpa teaches his colleagues advanced rope work at an early mountaineering school for sherpas in the Khumbu region of Nepal, 1980.
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  • American guides teach clinbing sherpas how to rappel in the rain at an early mountaineering school for sherpas in the Khumbu region of Nepal, 1980.
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  • A sherpa practices a Tyrolean traverse at an early mountaineering school for sherpas in the Khumbu region of Nepal, 1980.
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