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The reason your Sherpa guide isn't gasping at 5,000 metres traces back tens of thousands of years to interbreeding with the Denisovans, an extinct…
By Laxman Rawal · Aug 15, 2026
At Everest Base Camp, 5,364 metres up, trekkers who have trained for months stop mid-sentence to catch their breath. Their Sherpa guide, carrying the heavier pack, keeps talking. This isn't just acclimatisation or a lifetime spent at altitude. Geneticists…
Travel Himalaya Nepal · News
It's a scientific footnote to something Himalayan trekking has always known by observation: the Sherpa people who guide, cook and carry on treks to Everest, Gokyo and the high climbing peaks aren't just experienced — a real slice of that resilience is written…
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