Word of the Day - Sherpa

[debodun]

Sherpa (noun) - a mountain climbing guide, typically Himalayan.

When Sir Edmund Hillary climbed Mount Everest, Tenzing Norgay was his Sherpa.

 

[Aunt Marg]

One night I awoke, my husband was mumbling about something along the lines of sheep, so I quietly asked him, what did you say, and he immediately replied in a sleepy voice, I'm counting Sherpa, and thinking he meant to say sheep, I corrected him and said, you mean sheep, and he promptly replied, no, Sherpa.

 

[jujube]

Where do Sherpas go to shop for clothes when they want a new look? Why, the Sherpa Image Store, of course!

My sister was married to her second husband on top of Mount Gokyo by a Sherpa who was also a priest. I blamed it on altitude sickness......