If the moraines which dam the lake are breached , thousands of lives in the most densely populated sherpa valley in nepal are at risk from flooding and landslides .
如果拦截这个湖的冰渍裂开,尼泊尔人口最密集的夏尔巴山谷里的几千人就有遭遇洪水和塌方的危险。
Many sherpa people , who live to the south of the mountain and worship it as the home of a goddess , send their children to boarding school in kathmandu , and own second homes there .
Wangchhu sherpa , president of the everest summiteers association , which is also trying to press the nepal government to do more for the region , said his group did not support the proposal .
" This is the first time we are cleaning at that height , in the death zone . It is very difficult and dangerous , " said namgyal sherpa , who has climbed the world 's tallest peak , seven times .
There will be no recording or note-taking of their deliberations , and each head of government is accompanied by just one aide the " sherpa " who is allowed to communicate with those outside the closed room only through a digital pen .
Mike froman , the white house " sherpa " for the g20 summit , said the us proposal to eliminate the subsidies would reduce fossil fuel emissions by 12 per cent .
Because we were here out of season , supper on the first night was spent with a sherpa family in a well-stocked kitchen , warmed by a wood-burning stove .