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)
