Kanchha Sherpa speaks to Associated press during an interview at his residence in Kathmandu, Nepal, Saturday, March 2, 2024. Kanchha Sherpa, 91, was among the 35 members in the team that put New Zealander Edmund Hillary and his Sherpa guide Tenzing Norgay atop the 8,849-meter (29,032-foot) peak on May 29, 1953. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
Kanchha Sherpa sits on a chair during an interview with Associated Press at his residence in Kathmandu, Nepal, Saturday, March 2, 2024. Kanchha Sherpa, 91, was among the 35 members in the team that put New Zealander Edmund Hillary and his Sherpa guide Tenzing Norgay atop the 8,849-meter (29,032-foot) peak on May 29, 1953. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
Kanchha Sherpa, right, is helped by his son Tsering Sherpa before an interview with Associated Press at his residence in Kathmandu, Nepal, Saturday, March 2, 2024. Kanchha Sherpa, 91, was among the 35 members in the team that put New Zealander Edmund Hillary and his Sherpa guide Tenzing Norgay atop the 8,849-meter (29,032-foot) peak on May 29, 1953. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
Kanchha Sherpa, right, is helped by his son Tsering Sherpa before an interview with Associated Press at his residence in Kathmandu, Nepal, Saturday, March 2, 2024. Kanchha Sherpa, 91, was among the 35 members in the team that put New Zealander Edmund Hillary and his Sherpa guide Tenzing Norgay atop the 8,849-meter (29,032-foot) peak on May 29, 1953. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)