Welcome to
SHERPA TIMES !! 
This is a project of 6th Grade and The Dream Flag Project at The Agnes Irwin School.

Here you will read about Sherpa culture of Nepal--then and now. It includes reports of student research and findings from videos sent live from Khumjung Nepal by Mr. Harlan and Mrs. Crow. It also includes other information related to our Dream Flag trek to Nepal.

We are posting videos live from Nepal on our Sherpa Times Vimeo Channel.

Two very special ones are below.

Lhakpa Norbu Sherpa is the author of Through A Sherpa Window, the definative source on traditional Sherpa culture. On May 16th in Khumjung, we asked him if he had a few words for the Agnes Irwin 6th graders.








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Hillary.jpgIn Khumjung, we had the opportunity to speak with Peter Hillary, international trek leader, explorer and the son of Sir Edmund Hillary. We told him about our Agnes Irwin sixth grade study of Sherpa culture and asked him if he would say a few word to the 6th grade. We asked him what he considered one of the most important things we can learn from the Sherpa today.

Peter Hillary on what we can learn from the Sherpa today. from Dream Flag Project on Vimeo.