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In 1961, hand-carried aluminium panels and three weeks of bolting at 3,790 metres created the first school of Hillary's Himalayan Trust — a project…
By Laxman Rawal · Jul 21, 2026
When Sir Edmund Hillary sat with his Sherpa expedition sirdar Urkien at a high camp above the Khumbu in 1960 and asked what he could do to repay the Sherpa people, he expected to hear money, or medicine. Urkien asked for one thing: a school for the children…
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What this means for you Khumjung sits a short, worthwhile detour off the main Everest Base Camp trail, most itineraries pass within an hour of it on an acclimatisation day out of Namche Bazaar. The old schoolhouse, preserved as the Hillary Visitor Centre, is…
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