Binaj Gurubacharya
Trekking guide Ang Phurba Sherpa, center, distributes ration to fellow guides, in Kathmandu, Nepal, Monday, June 7, 2021. Most Sherpa guides in Nepal famed for the climbing skills have had little or no work guiding foreign trekkers on Nepal's mountains because of the pandemic but trekking guide Ang Phurba Sherpa is spending his savings to help fellow guides and workers who are struggling for their livelihood. (AP Photos/Bikram Rai)
June 14, 2021 - 6:06 PM
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) â The scenic Himalayan mountain trails that normally draw throngs of foreign trekkers to Nepal have been empty for more than a year, with most of the country's tourism industry still shut down by the pandemic.