article_snippet: Mount Everest towers over Nepal and although many people dream of scaling Mount Everest , there are beautifully remote villages, farms and monasteries nestled within Mount Everest huge shadow that are also worth a visit.
article_snippet: the Khumbu region is famous for being home to Mount Everest, but the Khumbu region’s also the home of the Sherpa community and has been for centuries,' Apa said. '
article_snippet: the Khumbu region has much more to offer than the Earth's highest mountain.
article_snippet: Now you can find Thame on the map of our community and explore other communities nestled at the base of Mount Everest, like Khumjung and Phortse.'
article_snippet: Tenzing Norgay, one of the first people to climb Mount Everest with Sir Edmund Hillary grew up in the region and the Thame monastery is one of the oldest in Khumbu.
article_snippet: When people ask what Another village captured by the Street View trekkers feels like to reach the top of Mount Everest, I say "heaven,"' added Apa. '
article_snippet: My hope is that my children and future generations have many choices for employment outside of mountaineering.'
article_snippet: Tenzing Norgay, one of the first people to climb Mount Everest with Sir Edmund Hillary, grew up in the Khumbu region .
article_snippet: And if you ever get the chance to visit the Khumbu region in person, come stay at the Everest Summiteer Lodge that I built with my own hands.
article_snippet: Despite its reputation as an extremely dangerous mountain, commercial guiding has done much to improve the safety of the Everest ascent.
article_snippet: As of March 2012, there had been 5,656 successful ascents of Mount Everest, although 223 people had died at fatality rate of 4 per cent.