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Minima Sherpa, father of 18-year-old Nima Rinji Sherpa, the youngest person to scale all the world’s 14 highest peaks, celebrates with his family upon his son's arrival at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, Monday, Oct. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

Minima Sherpa, father of 18-year-old Nima Rinji Sherpa, the youngest person to scale all the world’s 14 highest peaks, celebrates with his family upon his son's arrival at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, Monday, Oct. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

Family members of Dawa Yangzum Sherpa, the first Nepalese woman to scale the world's 14 highest peaks, welcome her upon her arrival at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, Monday, Oct. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

Family members of Dawa Yangzum Sherpa, the first Nepalese woman to scale the world's 14 highest peaks, welcome her upon her arrival at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, Monday, Oct. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

Friends and family of Nepalese mountaineers, including Nima Rinji Sherpa, the youngest person to scale all the world’s 14 highest peaks, dance upon their arrival at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, Monday, Oct. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

Friends and family of Nepalese mountaineers, including Nima Rinji Sherpa, the youngest person to scale all the world’s 14 highest peaks, dance upon their arrival at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, Monday, Oct. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

Friends and family of Nepalese mountaineers, including Nima Rinji Sherpa, the youngest person to scale all the world’s 14 highest peaks, gather at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, Monday, Oct. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

Friends and family of Nepalese mountaineers, including Nima Rinji Sherpa, the youngest person to scale all the world’s 14 highest peaks, gather at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, Monday, Oct. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

Friends and family of Nepalese mountaineers, including Nima Rinji Sherpa, the youngest person to scale all the world’s 14 highest peaks, gather at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, Monday, Oct. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

Friends and family of Nepalese mountaineers, including Nima Rinji Sherpa, the youngest person to scale all the world’s 14 highest peaks, gather at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, Monday, Oct. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

Nepalese mountaineer Nima Rinji Sherpa, the youngest person to scale all the world’s 14 highest peaks, waves Nepalese flag as hi arrives at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, Monday, Oct. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

Nepalese mountaineer Nima Rinji Sherpa, the youngest person to scale all the world’s 14 highest peaks, waves Nepalese flag as hi arrives at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, Monday, Oct. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

Nepalese mountaineer Nima Rinji Sherpa, the youngest person to scale all the world’s 14 highest peaks, waves Nepalese flag as his arrives at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, Monday, Oct. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

Nepalese mountaineer Nima Rinji Sherpa, the youngest person to scale all the world’s 14 highest peaks, waves Nepalese flag as his arrives at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, Monday, Oct. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

Friends and family of Nepalese mountaineers welcome Nima Rinji Sherpa, the youngest person to scale all the world’s 14 highest peaks, upon his arrival at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, Monday, Oct. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

Friends and family of Nepalese mountaineers welcome Nima Rinji Sherpa, the youngest person to scale all the world’s 14 highest peaks, upon his arrival at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, Monday, Oct. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

Nepalese mountaineer Nima Rinji Sherpa, the youngest person to scale all the world’s 14 highest peaks, waves Nepalese flag as his arrives at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, Monday, Oct. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

Nepalese mountaineer Nima Rinji Sherpa, the youngest person to scale all the world’s 14 highest peaks, waves Nepalese flag as his arrives at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, Monday, Oct. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

Friends and family of Nepalese mountaineers, including Nima Rinji Sherpa, the youngest person to scale all the world’s 14 highest peaks, gather at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, Monday, Oct. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

Friends and family of Nepalese mountaineers, including Nima Rinji Sherpa, the youngest person to scale all the world’s 14 highest peaks, gather at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, Monday, Oct. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)