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by Terah Shelton on May 18, 2007
Appa, 46, is one of the most respected climbers in the mountaineering community. His closest competitor - fellow Sherpa guide Chewang Nima, 41 - scaled the peak a 14th time last year.
Appa, who now lives with his family in Utah, was leading a team calling themselves the "Super Sherpas Expedition" on a charity climb to raise education funds for children of the Nepalese mountain guides.
He and his teammates had set out to make a documentary about the climb and all money raised will go toward providing better education and health care for children in their community at the Foothills of the mountain.
Like most Sherpas, Appa grew up in the foothills of Everest, and began carrying equipment and supplies for trekkers and mountaineers at an early age.
He made his first summit of Everest in 1989 and has been climbing almost every year since.
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