Apa Sherpa is the founder of the Apa Sherpa Foundation, which promotes educational and economic opportunities for Sherpa communities in Nepal.
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Most of the Sherpa people share the last name of Sherpa.
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The "Jays" also are partnering with Sherpa Capital, although this won't be a Sherpa-branded effort, and existing Sherpa staff won't be leading investments.
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" Finally, adds Hansch, Sherpa Foundry "is not a corporate outreach arm of Sherpa Capital.
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Chhapte Sherpa, an assistant manager, jokes that his New York name is Sherpa Lox.
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Sherpa is more wearable than, like, a muppet, so we ended up going with sherpa.
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Pasang Yangjee Sherpa Seattle The writer is a Sherpa anthropologist based at the University of Washington.
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Before the climbing guide's three latest ascents, the record was jointly held by Apa Sherpa and Phurba Tashi Sherpa, both prolific Nepali mountaineers.
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Mingma Sherpa of the Seven Summit Treks agency that provided logistics to Purja's team said he was accompanied by three sherpa climbers to the Sishapangma summit.
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Mingma Sherpa of the Seven Summit Treks agency that provided logistics to Purja's team said he was accompanied by three sherpa climbers to the Sishapangma summit.
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Pishevar, who co-founded Sherpa Capital along with Scott Stanford, announced he would take a temporary leave of absence both from Sherpa and Hyperloop One on Dec.
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Sherpa Capital, the private capital fund run by Scott Stanford and Shervin Pishevar, has closed on $470 million and launched two new funds: Sherpa Ventures II, an early stage venture fund and a mid-stage fund called Sherpa Everest, bringing the total now raised up to $630 million.
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Furdiki Sherpa and Nima Doma Sherpa reached the 8,850-metre (29,035-ft) peak of the world's highest mountain early on Thursday, said Mira Acharya, a tourism department official.
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While Sherpa have become fixtures on the mountain, the last two climbing seasons have been the deadliest in Everest's history and Sherpa have borne the brunt of these tragedies.
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Although the sport of mountaineering was pioneered by westerners, Sherpas hold the world record for most Everest ascents—Apa Sherpa and Phurba Tashi Sherpa both summited the peak 21 times.
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In a statement, Vinci, which is still pursuing Sherpa for libel over its previous complaint from 2015, said it "refuted, back then and now, all the allegations made by Sherpa".
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Do.com was the first startup to come out of San Francisco-based Sherpa Foundry, an incubator-style outfit launched by the same people behind Sherpa Capital, Shervin Pishevar and Scott Stanford.
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My truculent opponents are out to settle scores that have nothing to do with Sherpa, and I refuse to allow my enemies to drag my Sherpa family into their fight with me.
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Kumar was on his way down the mountain after reaching the summit when he became separated from his Sherpa guides near the Balcony, Thupden Sherpa, general manager of Arun Treks and Expedition said.
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Sherpa Foundry is run as a separate entity, focused on working with corporate clients to help them connect to and integrate with new startups (both those in Sherpa Capital's portfolio and outside it).
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In contrast, Trump's sherpa has only a handful of staff.
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Pishevar had recently taken a leave of absence at Sherpa.
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He also will no longer represent Sherpa on any boards.
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Its faux sherpa material washes well, too, according to owners.
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Neal Hansch is CEO and managing partner at Sherpa Foundry.
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This prompted the Sherpa to strike until safety conditions improved.
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On the way down, one of their Sherpa guides died.
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Our favorite, the Sherpa Original Deluxe, comes in three sizes.
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Who's pointing me in the right ... You need a sherpa.
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Approximately $172 million will go to Sherpa Ventures II and the remaining $298 million will be given to Sherpa Everest – though there's a possibility the fund could grow larger, pending some expected LP investment.
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In eastern Nepal, some Sherpa stories have described the Yeti as a dangerous being that attacks humans and looms large in their consciousness, wrote author Shiva Dhakal in Folk Tales of Sherpa and Yeti.
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Kami Rita Sherpa, 49, reached the summit at 6:38 a.m.
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We were going fast and the Sherpa wasn't coming with us.
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Certainly, one can see the appeal of organizations like Sherpa Foundry.
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Today, Shervin announced his voluntary resignation from Sherpa Capital, effective immediately.
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"They're not getting any closer," our mushroom sherpa Ryan reassures us.
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Lam Babu Sherpa was not discovered missing until the following morning.
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" Mr. Sherpa added: "He is a person with a strong will.
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I am going to pay for someone to be my sherpa.
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His announcement on Thursday made his departure from Sherpa Capital permanent.
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On Thursday, crew member Phurba Sherpa fell to his death while working to fix a route about 150 meters below the summit, according to Mingma Sherpa, a Nepal rescue team leader at the Everest Base Camp.
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Background: Last year we reported that the "Jays" were launching a VC firm in partnership with Sherpa Capital, but it was put on hold amid troubles at Sherpa and Roc Nation launching its own startup platform.
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These jackets, which will come in different styles, including the Classic Trucker and the Sherpa Trucker, and in men's and women's versions, will retail for $198 for the Classic Trucker and $248 for the Sherpa Trucker.
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In addition to the basic model, there is a SHERPA "Pickup" design.
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L Train Vintage Sherpa Fur Bottoms, $40, available at L Train Vintage.
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Despite being Facebook's lead privacy sherpa, Kwon did not object to this.
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"Climbers will then start making summit attempts from Thursday," Sherpa told Reuters.
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A crew member, Phurba Sherpa, also fell to his death on Thursday.
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I had kept in touch with our guide from 2000, Karma Sherpa.
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The Sherpa Capital team, for their part, have relaunched as ACME Capital.
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A few times, the Sherpa unexpectedly started charging off the MacBook's battery.
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"This has been an unprecedentedly long drafting," said Russia's sherpa, Svetlana Lukash.
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Fortunately, the Sherpa fire was close to being contained late last week.
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" And they were like, "Yeah, my uncle knows someone who's a sherpa.
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In tawny suede, with a sherpa collar, it's ready for the range.
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It's also slightly cheaper at $200 ($250 if you like Sherpa lining).
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Sherpa guides passed oxygen masks back and forth or went without them.
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EU "sherpa" advisers to the leaders meet in Brussels at 20173:30 p.m.
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EU "sherpa" advisers to the leaders meet in Brussels at 2:30 p.m.
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Sherpas discovered the body at the so-called "death zone," Wangchu Sherpa said.
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Another member of Nath's climbing team, Goutam Ghosh, is missing, Wangchu Sherpa said.
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Last year, the company raised $7 million from Khosla Ventures and Sherpa Capital.
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Majestic Pet Poly-Cotton Sherpa Bagel 40-Inch Blue Dog Bed, $45.33; amazon.
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Sherpa has, in that context, worked to differentiate itself in a few ways.
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Branson replaced Pishevar, who also stepped down from his venture firm Sherpa Capital.
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At a suggested retail price of $299.99, the new Sherpa 100AC isn't cheap.
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We thank Shervin for his contributions and service in co-founding Sherpa Capital.
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" Pishevar, meanwhile, thanked Sherpa, but also references "truculent opponents out to settle scores.
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We told Temba to tell the Sherpa that we would support their decision.
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"When I was starting, Sherpa didn't have a good education," Dorji told me.
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Lastly, Sleep Sherpa was also impressed with how the mattress handled motion transfer.
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She said that a Sherpa administered CPR, but Mr. Bista did not respond.
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Mr. Dyhrenfurth and another Sherpa, Ang Dawa, had stayed at the high camp.
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Pacific Standard Time for burn areas near the Thomas, Sherpa and Whittier fires.
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Version 2.0 of Google's smart jacketPrice$2003; $250 if you want Sherpa lining.
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The standard trucker jacket starts at $198 while the sherpa jacket is $248.
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Mountaineering is such an entrenched aspect of Sherpa culture that there is speculation it has led to genetic adaptations among the Sherpa people, which would account for their seemingly inhuman ability to resist the effects of high altitudes on the body.
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This year retailers are stocking their shelves full of Sherpa sweatshirts and fluffy blankets.
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A Sherpa [not pictured here] was feared dead after an excursion up Mount Everest.
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The biggest concern is the so-called Sherpa Fire in Santa Barbara County, California.
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Sherpa is still technically an active program, but it doesn't have any interested customers.
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Schwarzenegger, 29, wore black jeans, a matching singlet top and a brown sherpa jacket.
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A year earlier, avalanches killed 16 Sherpa guides virtually closing the mountain for climbers.
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Two other Sherpa guides have climbed Everest 21 times, and both have already retired.
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Some of Sherpa Capital's other portfolio companies include Airbnb, Munchery, Slack, Shyp and Robinhood.
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Not surpringly, the statements issued yesterday by Sherpa and Pishevar had some major differences.
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Sherpa said witnesses had described workers vomiting and suffering from weakness in excessive heat.
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Mingma and her family are Sherpa, one of Nepal's 126 castes and ethnic groups.
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Sherpa Capital, Blue Scorpion VC and Demi Lovato are amongst the investors who participated.
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At 20153, Ang Kamy is one of the oldest Sherpa still working on Everest.
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To organize his leads and follow up with connections, he leverages InvestorFuse and Sherpa.
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My biggest complaint about the Sherpa blanket is that my cats also love it.
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A Sherpa and the expedition leader gave Fogle their equipment and averted a crisis.
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According to the ASKfm account of what happened on the climb, which it said was based on "communications with the expeditions members, alpinism experts, and Mingma Sherpa [the chairman of the company responsible for employing Sherpa guides]," the expedition was riddled with mishaps.
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Munchery was backed by Greycroft, ACME Ventures (formerly known as Sherpa Capital), Menlo Ventures, e.
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Other Uber shareholders led by Shervin Pishevar of Sherpa Capital have vehemently opposed Benchmark's lawsuit.
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Obviously, [Sherpa Capital's] portfolio companies are in the family, so we have access to them.
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Since last Thursday four people have died on the 22003,443-foot peak, including a Sherpa.
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Sherpa Maya Shrestha helped lead an Everest expedition group that reached the summit this year.
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Firefighters battle an expanding wildfire on Friday at the Sherpa Fire near Santa Barbara, California.
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Instead, both are making the attempt with a private guide and contingent of Sherpa porters.
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There you have Sherpa (people) who are helping and somebody who will cook your food.
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Sherpa filed a lawsuit in 2016 on behalf of the former Lafarge employees in Syria.
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In 2013, the venture firm Sherpa Capital was founded by Shervin Pishevar and Scott Stanford.
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Pishevar co-founded Sherpa in 2013 with Scott Stanford, a former banker with Goldman Sachs.
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"On the mountain, everything is weighed against the risk of death," Ang Tshering Sherpa said.
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I use the blanket on top of the flat sheet with the Sherpa side down.
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The Sherpa blanket does an excellent job of keeping me warm but not too hot.
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A girl wearing a Sherpa jacket and a confused expression snagged the last sweet potato.
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"Everything is possible," said Ang Tshering Sherpa, a former president of the Nepal Mountaineering Association.
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Sherpa said it would press Lafarge to open an independent compensation fund for former employees.
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Mr. Sherpa said Mr. Sherchan used to exercise every day and was maintaining his strength.
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This 10-course bundle will act as your sherpa into this complex and fascinating world.
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A Sherpa changed the cylinder, and oxygen began flowing again, snapping her awake, she said.
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Temba's fears of not being paid if his team of Sherpa called off the season were ignited by threats from the commercial guide companies who, the morning of the avalanche, explicitly warned their Sherpa teams that they would forsake all payment if they walked away.
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Shervin Pishevar, a partner at Sherpa Capital, was the money guy; BamBrogan the chief technical officer.
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In addition to its astounding ecological value, this region is also home to extensive Sherpa settlements.
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"Smaller brands will generally dominate live video commerce," says Brian Pham, former principal at Sherpa Capital.
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They will then put him in the care of the so-called "sherpa," former Arizona Sen.
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The Sherpa bags also have mesh openings, so your pet will get lots of fresh air.
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By the time he gets out, I'm already in bed wrapped up in a Sherpa blanket.
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"But her memory will live on in the form of her life's work," Sherpa told Reuters.
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Lakhpa Tharke Sherpa, who accompanied the Indian climbers, said they did not listen to the Sherpas.
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Her first marriage was to a Nepalese Sherpa and then she married a black Jamaican man.
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"New York City just keeps getting more and more expensive," Mr. Sherpa said at the rally.
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We're obsessed with this adorable self-warming sherpa bed and this fluffy and squeaky stuffed duck.
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I know the great team at Sherpa Capital will continue to rise and scale new heights.
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We have a great portfolio of investments and a world class team at Sherpa supporting them.
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Sherpa Capital said Tuesday that it would launch an "independent internal review" to investigate what happened.
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She succumbed to illness Saturday afternoon somewhere between Camps IV and III, Pasang Phurba Sherpa said.
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When people in America hear the word Sherpa, they automatically think of us as mountain guides.
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"I have known him for 10 years," said Gelu, who also spearheads the Sherpa Care Foundation .
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The Yeti, or the Abominable Snowman, is said to roam the Himalayas by the Sherpa people.
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Victoria's Secret's Pink is offering 50% off select Sherpa and Teddy tops online and in stores.
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The idea is that Sherpa flips the insurance model on its head, insuring people, not products.
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Munchery has raised more than $120 million in capital from Menlo Ventures, Sherpa Capital and others.
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That's going to complete the mountain trilogy, from Sherpa through Mountain to the story about Norgay.
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After depositing his bags onto his bunk like a Nepalese sherpa, I reached to hug him.
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"This is a big loss to mountaineering worldwide," Mr. Sherpa, 26, said in a telephone interview.
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Launch middleman Spaceflight was in talks with SpaceX to fly its Sherpa rideshare spacecraft on the mission.
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Ian says the Sherpa he was with said he just collapsed 100 meters down from the summit.
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Anti-corruption organizations Sherpa and Transparency International France first filed a legal complaint against him in 2013.
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Phurba Sherpa, 25 Pictures of the team emerged Tuesday, showing a happy group about to set off.
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They'll get some help from Sherpa Capital, which was created by some of Uber's other early investors.
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Ron is what they call a sherpa, and we asked him to tell us about his job.
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Shervin Pishevar (Sherpa Capital, although signed as an individual), Ron Burkle (Yucaipa Cos) and Adam Leber (Maverick).
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Wag had previously raised $68 million from Battery Ventures, General Catalyst, Sherpa Capital, Freestyle Capital and others.
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"His accompanying Sherpa Guides tried to wake him up, but he breathed his last," the statement reads.
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The e-retailer was incubated by Sherpa Capital, where co-founder Sharkey was once a venture partner.
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Once, in 2006, two of my Sherpa climbers got buried when ice collapsed in the Khumbu Icefall.
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If only you, dear reader, would enlist as a spiritual sherpa and haul him to the top.
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Ms. Brainard later served as President Clinton's "sherpa," or liaison, to the Group of 8 industrial nations.
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Sherpa said it hoped the investigation on crime against humanity will be extended to the company executives.
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The Sherpa fire had blackened nearly 8,000 acres by Saturday but was close to being under control.
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My solution came from an unexpected place: a fan whose group agreed to be my raid Sherpa.
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Hem introduces me to Mingma Phura Sherpa, whose family owns the Phortse teahouse where we're staying tonight.
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I more so needed access to the mountain and a Sherpa to facilitate a lot of that.
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That includes SAIC Capital, Redpoint Ventures, Foundation Capital, DST, D.E. Shaw, Sherpa Capital and IDG Ventures USA.
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Laurence EngelHis Excellency Philippe Étienne, Diplomatic Advisor, G7 and G20 Sherpa of the President of the RepublicMs.
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Mingma David Sherpa saw a dead body the very first time he climbed the Everest in 2010.
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Another — the person who would become my dating app Sherpa — helped me with my profile and photos.
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Another — the person who would become my dating app Sherpa — helped me with my profile and photos.
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"You can call it a sherpa, or a guide, or sensei, or a teacher or whatever it is but a sherpa is usually a guide, it's somebody you're looking to to help you go through the process" Ron Bonjean, who served as Kyl's chief of staff, told Fox News.
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As part of this new capital, a small portion of which the three-year-old VC firm raised from friends and family, Pishevar and Stanford have started two new funds: Sherpa Ventures II, which will be dedicated to early-stage companies, and Sherpa Everest, for mid-stage companies.
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Called the Sherpa Fire, the blaze started Wednesday and burned about 250 acres the first day, CalFire said.
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We were going down to Camp 4, which is at about 7900 m, and one Sherpa was dying.
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This ridiculous (in a good way) throw combines a sherpa blanket and an oversized coat, complete with pockets.
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Thursday Crew member Phurba Sherpa (no relation to the journalist of the same name) fell to his death.
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Nath's climbing companion Paul, 44, died Sunday at Base Camp II from altitude sickness, according to Wangchu Sherpa.
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But there are other players that may prove to have a compelling value proposition of their own. Sherpa.
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DogVacay's investors, including Benchmark, Andreessen Horowitz, First Round, Sherpa Capital and Foundation Capital, will now become Rover shareholders.
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And what if your appointed liaison to all Facebook drama becomes tired of being your social networking sherpa?
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"Sherpa" originates in mountaineering, the term for a guide who helps an inexperienced climber ascend a difficult climb.
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I have only admiration and affection for the people of Sherpa Capital, including my co-founder Scott Stanford.
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If I or any Sherpa Capital team member can answer any questions please do not hesitate to ask.
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On Tuesday, Pishevar took a leave of absence from his venture capital firm, Sherpa, and from several boards.
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In conclusion: The Teens are big into colour-coordinating, and are not into the Sherpa fleece look. Noted.
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They've raised an undisclosed amount of funding led by Sherpa Capital, which has invested in Uber and Airbnb.
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It's plush and warm, with one side made of micro-fleece and the other made of sherpa fleece.
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What continues to be missing in this dialogue is the narrative around the blatant exploitation of the Sherpa.
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At Sherpa, we treat each of our members as a unique person whose risks change all the time.
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"Because of their systemic nature, we regard these legal actions as 'gag suits,'" Sherpa said in a statement.
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Earlier this month, Lam Babu Sherpa went missing on Everest, which straddles the border between Nepal and Tibet.
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"Everything is possible," said Ang Tshering Sherpa, who recently stepped down as president of the Nepal Mountaineering Association.
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It comes from Bosker's friend — and Sherpa — Morgan Harris, a precocious, brassily opinionated sommelier at New York's Aureole.
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To me, it's like if life is the mountain, art is the sherpa — it's what gets you there.
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Alpinists from all over the world pay tens of thousands of dollars for climbing permits and Sherpa guides.
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Marie-Laure Guislain of Sherpa, one of the complainants, says she expects the case to move ahead, albeit slowly.
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He believes that about 800 people could be making the journey up since each foreigner requires a Sherpa guide.
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But Cathy, you are famously Tucker&aposs Sherpa, and I want you to help me into the liberal mind.
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We recognize the inherent challenges of reporting misconduct, but note that Sherpa has never received a sexual harassment complaint.
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Yet like a flower exposed to the sun, the Sherpa muscle energy levels steadily increased despite having less oxygen.
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EXCLUSIVE - PRESIDENT TRUMP'S G7/G20 "SHERPA" AND TRADE ADVISER KELLY ANN SHAW TO LEAVE WHITE HOUSE ON FRIDAY -OFFICIALS
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Phurba Sherpa reported from Nepal; Brandon Griggs, Ashley Fantz, Madison Park and Tiffany Ap also contributed to this report.
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The Daily Telegraph said Johnson will appoint career diplomat David Frost as European Union sherpa and adviser on Europe.
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There is talk that Johnson will appoint career diplomat David Frost as European Union sherpa and adviser on Europe.
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LafargeHolcim's case erupted, for example, after investigations by Sherpa, a legal activist group, and Le Monde, a French newspaper.
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The pair's media manager, Doma Sherpa, also confirmed their feat in a phone interview with the Thomson Reuters Foundation.
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It's also reversible, so you can cuddle up with its fuzzy sherpa interior or its super soft microfiber exterior.
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However, since resigning from Sherpa Capital following the sexual misconduct scandal in 2017, he's kept a much lower profile.
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Representatives from Wag and General Catalyst declined to comment, while representatives from Sherpa did not reply to our request.
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That is why I have decided on my own accord to end my association with Sherpa Capital, effective immediately.
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The idea was born when Jamsenpa -- unsure of how she was doing -- sought repeated reassurance from her Sherpa guide.
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Non-profit organization Sherpa brought the case to French tribunals on behalf of 14 former Syrian employees at Lafarge.
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The first style is constructed of a black sherpa fleece upper with a contrasting red fleece throat and tongue.
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McNamee proved to be an agile Sherpa for lawmakers and their staff eager to understand how Big Tech operated.
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Hem explains that while most people think the word "sherpa" refers to an occupation, it actually describes an ethnicity.
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We toast with tall cans of Sherpa Brewery Khumbu Kolsch, a local craft beer, and it tastes like gold.
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There's also the question of whether Pishevar would want Sherpa to continue on were he to leave it permanently.
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Andreessen Horowitz also raised $1.5 billion back in June, and Sherpa Capital raised half a billion the same month.
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"Lafarge acted as if it was above the law," said Marie-Laure Guislain, the head of litigation at Sherpa.
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Mr. Cash was traveling with Sherpa guides from Pioneer Adventures, the organization said, and fainted from high-altitude sickness.
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"Momos are already famous," said Mingma Sherpa, who opened the tiny shop in July with her friend Jyoti Manandhar.
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"Snow is melting and bodies are surfacing," said Mr. Sherpa, who has summited Everest 2900 times, a world record.
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"He has set the world record," said Mingma Sherpa, chairman of the Seven Summit Treks company that employs Kami.
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The mandatory evacuation there was effective from noon Tuesday for burn areas near the Thomas, Sherpa and Whittier fires.
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Josh bought a GoPro camera from a Kathmandu shop and met with Dawa Finjhok Sherpa, who would carry it.
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Ultimately, if you want the genetically-gifted oxygen-sipping qualities of a Sherpa, you'll have to be reborn as one.
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Glacier loss due to climate change has also threatened Sherpa communities with catastrophic landslides, flash floods, and glacial lake outbreaks.
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But one of the people who led the expedition, Lam Babu Sherpa, did not make it down from the mountain.
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Jon Kyl, who&aposs set to serve as his "sherpa" by guiding him through the trappings of the confirmation process.
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As that legal action progresses, it is my priority to ensure that the Sherpa Capital family is not adversely affected.
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Other backers include Lowercase Capital, Founders Collective, Collaborative Fund, TenOneTen Ventures, Slow Ventures, Sherpa Ventures, Scott Belsky and Emil Michael.
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He and I are roughly the same age, and he had recently started a business — Sherpa Royal Trek and Expedition.
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To the Sherpas of Nepal, the Yeti signals danger, said Shiva Dhakal, author of Folk Tales of Sherpa and Yeti.
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Mingma Gelu Sherpa -- who works with Seven Summits Club, the group that organized the expedition -- said the accident happened Saturday.
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Kyl served as Kavanaugh's "sherpa" on Capitol Hill throughout the nomination process, leaving little question about how he will vote.
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"The victims will be reassured they would get reparation at the end of the process," a Sherpa representative told Reuters.
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To date, Quip has raised more than $60 million in funding from Sherpa Capital, TriplePoint Capital, NFP Ventures and others.
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I often hear folks justify the low wages of Sherpa by comparing them to the national average wage in Nepal.
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Over a 10 year period ending in 2014, the mortality rate for a climbing Sherpa was more than 4 percent.
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Sherpa — which has yet to launch — has an AI-driven platform that builds a personalized risk profile of an individual.
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Other backers include Sherpa Ventures, General Catalyst and Battery Ventures, which quietly led the company's $40 million round last year.
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Sherpa people became world-famous for their mountaineering prowess, and their role in helping foreigners summit Mount Everest for decades.
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Sherpa and other human rights groups in France as well as the French Finance Ministry have filed suit against Lafarge.
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I had the opportunity to try their bamboo sheets, new "Bio-Zero" memory foam pillows, and their popular Sherpa blanket.
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The Sherpa blanket lives up to its 4.7-star customer rating on Amazon with its balance of warmth and softness.
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"I'm your sherpa through the lulls," Lennon, who occasionally appeared on the screen perched in a balcony, said early on.
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"Three sherpa rescuers have been sent to search for Kumar," Thupden said, adding the climber had been out of contact.
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Kohl's has another exclusive deal with shoemaker Ugg for its home brand called Koolaburra, which sells sherpa blankets and pillows.
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The lawsuit was filed by two non-governmental organizations (NGOs), Sherpa and ActionAid France, in a Paris court on Thursday.
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There is also a fleece-lined "sherpa" variation, and the price is much closer to the rest of Levi's line.
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The standard Trucker Jacket will be $198, and a Sherpa Jacket, which adds insulation for colder weather, will be $248.
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Shervin Pishevar is the managing director of Sherpa Capital and a co-founder of Hyperloop One, another transformation technology company.
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When Kelly was tapped by Trump to run DHS, Nielsen was appointed to be his "sherpa" during his confirmation process.
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They are not immune to the dangers; nearly half the people who have died on Everest have been sherpa guides.
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There we refuel and pick up Tshering Pamde, a Sherpa by trade, who has summited more times than he can remember.
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Pasang Tenzing Sherpa, who has been a guide on the mountain for years, says climbers must listen to their own bodies.
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People attend a prayer service in New York City for Sherpa victims of the April 18, 2014, avalanche on Mt. Everest.
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Hallmark and Lifetime have expanded their Christmas empires to offer merchandise like holiday movie pajamas, wine totes, aprons and sherpa blankets.
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The global climbing community has lost a "great friend", said Ang Tshering Sherpa, a former president of the Nepal Mountaineering Association.
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On his first ascent of Everest in 228 he insisted that his guide, Tenji Sherpa, was a partner, not an assistant.
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He fell to his death while climbing Nuptse first; he was going to go with Tenji Sherpa but, again, was alone.
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Phurba Sherpa reported from Nepal; Ray Sanchez, Brandon Griggs, Ashley Fantz, Madison Park and Tiffany Ap also contributed to this report.
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That's not cheap, but it's $50 less than the Goal Zero Sherpa 100AC for those who don't need portable AC power.
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Nepal's first craft brewery is Sherpa Brewery, located in Chitwan, south of Katmandu near the Indian border, which opened in 113.
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The new Sherpa 100AC begins shipping in September to the US and then internationally with 220V support in November for €299.99.
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The company also attended the World Economic Forum's SDI Summit, the Sustainable Investment Forum, and the WEF Climate Leaders Sherpa Symposium.
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Unless you can afford to hire a Sherpa, you want to make sure that your knife is easy to carry. Trust.
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And unless you hire a Sherpa to keep track of everything for you, you're probably going to lose something important again.
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Owl, which launched last month, has $18 million in funding from Defy Ventures, Khosla Ventures, Menlo Ventures, Sherpa Capital and others.
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Sherpa said it had gathered new testimonies and elements this year in India, where some of the migrant workers originated from.
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"You have to communicate with the customer," Pasang Sherpa, 40, said as the students reviewed methods of finding a cross street.
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Western outfits market their guides as a safer alternative to Sherpa guides, playing into the fear and inexperience of their clients.
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Silicon Valley veteran Neal Hansch stepped down as Managing Director to become CEO of San Francisco based VC firm Sherpa Foundry.
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"Previously, trash dumping areas were made of plastic sheets, so yaks easily destroyed them," said Nim Dorjee Sherpa, a municipal official.
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Sherpa Capital, the venture firm behind companies like Uber, Hyperloop One, Munchery and Shyp, has closed $470 million in new capital.
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"It would be great if inexperienced climbers were not allowed to climb Everest," said Lakpa Dendi Sherpa, an experienced Nepali guide.
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The new money comes at basically the same time that another firm, Sherpa Capital, raised $470 million for two different funds.
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Gelje Sherpa, a guide and six-time summiteer, said that when he first climbed Everest in 22017, he found three bodies.
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The round included participation from the investors including Canaan Partners, SV Angel, Acequia Capital, Structure Capital, Sherpa Capital, and Winklevoss Capital.
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"Since his record was broken, he wanted to regain it," said Ang Tshering Sherpa, the president of the Nepal Mountaineering Association.
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Agency official Sherpa said all summiteers were on their way to base camp and expected to return to Kathmandu this week.
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Agency official Sherpa said all summiteers were on their way to base camp and expected to return to Kathmandu this week.
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Tshering Tenzing Sherpa, coordinator with the NGO Sagarmatha Pollution Control Committee (SPCC), says this has proven to be an effective measure.
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I was struck by the author's depiction of the Sherpas, the high-altitude mountain guides, many of whom are ethnically Sherpa.
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As a Sherpa myself, I know they do not abandon their clients; they try to return them safely to their families.
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Zendrive was founded by former Googlers Jonathan Matus and Pankaj Risbood and has investment from Sherpa Capital, BMW and Max Levchin.
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"I refuse to allow my enemies to drag my Sherpa family into their fight with me," Pishevar said in the statement.
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Because each of them requires a Sherpa guide, there are about 800 people trying to climb from the Nepalese side, he said.
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But a new application called Sherpa launching this week believes that some of the best travel ideas can be found on Instagram.
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The spotted patterns on the crib sheet and Sherpa-fabric baby blanket contrast in a whimsical way to the striped crib skirt.
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In 2014, 16 Sherpa guides were killed by an avalanche above base camp, resulting in nearly all climbers to abandon their attempts.
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In July, the White House tapped Mr Kyl to serve as a "sherpa" who would guide Mr Kavanaugh through the confirmation process.
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A fire crew takes shelter behind an engine as the Sherpa Fire advances at El Capitan State Beach in Santa Barbara, California.
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I am the ski Sherpa, schlepping my kids' boots, skis and poles, as hand warmers and granola bars bulge from my pockets.
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The Sherpa features two USB-C jacks capable of 60W each, two 2.4A USB-A jacks, and a single 100W AC outlet.
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Kalanick successfully muscled his way into markets around the world, said Kevin Rivette, of Sherpa Technology Group, a Silicon Valley consultant firm.
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She was the only woman sherpa in the G7 this year and one of two women sherpas in the G20, she said.
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It's easy to assume that the role of the Sherpa is typically filled by massively experienced players with nothing else to do.
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"Everybody is nervous," said Ang Sandu Sherpa, 41, who has guided climbers for nearly two decades and returned to Everest this year.
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Not long after leaving the Senate, Ayotte served as the sherpa on Capitol Hill for Trump's first Supreme Court nominee, Neil Gorsuch.
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And then once you've found them, I think that the key role — to use another metaphor — is to be a good Sherpa.
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To date, the company has raised more than $62 million from both angel and institutional investors, including Sherpa Capital and Brainchild Holdings.
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Once a nominee is announced a "Sherpa" will be assigned to guide him or her through the meet-and-greets with senators.
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"As that legal action progresses, it is my priority to ensure that the Sherpa Capital family is not adversely affected," Pishevar said.
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I think it's a true testament to all the cinematographers we used, and specifically Renan Ozturk, who I collaborated with on Sherpa.
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Ayotte, who is currently serving as a "sherpa" liaison between the White House and senators for Gorsuch's nomination, was at the meeting.
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Sherpa climbers also picked up 11 tonnes of rubbish, which will be recycled or disposed of at a landfill site, authorities said.
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At Baltimore/Washington Marshall International Airport, for example, Airport Sherpa allows passengers to order food, souvenirs and travel sundries on the go.
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"The peaks are dangerous and known for their avalanches," said Mingma Sherpa, a Nepali climber who has summited mountains in the region.
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As part of their investigation, French judges are also examining charges brought by a French organization, Sherpa, on behalf of 11 employees.
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Founded three years ago, the company raised a seed round from the likes of NEA, Sherpa and Reid Hoffman, according to Crunchbase.
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The Comfy Oversized Sweatshirt, $39.99This blanket-sweatshirt hybrid is big enough to cover their entire body in the soft, fluffy sherpa fabric.
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Tenji Sherpa, Mr. Steck's trekking partner, was at Everest Base Camp when the accident happened, because he had frostbite on his hand.
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The mandatory evacuation in Santa Barbara County was effective from noon Tuesday for burn areas near the Thomas, Sherpa and Whittier fires.
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Meanwhile, Lhapka Sherpa, 42, climbed the mountain for a seventh time, breaking her own record for ascents of Everest by a woman.
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Founded in 2012, San Francisco-based Hired is backed by venture capital firms including Comcast Ventures, Sherpa Capital, Lumia Ventures and Uncork Capital.
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It also covers medical care, food and support from Sherpa guides and bottled oxygen for them, which is mandatory for every foreign climber.
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To use the app, you first have to provide your email, connect with Instagram and tell Sherpa your "home base" (where you live).
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But it's also dangerous; this former climbing sherpa lost most of his fingers in a snowstorm, and now sells paintings to the climbers.
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Training like a Sherpa is also beneficial for injury-prone runners: "Running is a skill, and many people do it wrong," says Kechijian.
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The route, also called the South Col route, was pioneered by New Zealander Sir Edmund Hillary and Nepalese Sherpa Tenzing Norgay in 1953.
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Seema Goswami was undergoing treatment at a hospital after being airlifted from the Everest region, said Pemba Sherpa, the Seven Summit Treks manager.
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In California, the 7,890-acre Sherpa fire, which had threatened communities and a campground near Santa Barbara, was 62 percent contained Monday night.
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They were called "free flyers," and they were based on the schematics of its own space tug, called Sherpa, but minus the propulsion.
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On Tuesday, Pishevar took a leave of absence from his venture fund Sherpa Capital and Virgin Hyperloop One, where he is coexecutive chairman.
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Pishevar, since leaving Menlo, has continued to ink deals with high-flying unicorns, including Uber, in which Sherpa invested an additional $200 million.
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When Pishevar left Menlo Ventures to build Sherpa Capital in 2013, Carolan assumed the Menlo board observer seat for the next 20183 months.
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Over the past two years the company has raised a Series A round from General Catalyst and Series B round from Sherpa Ventures.
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Fortunately, the Sherpa 2299.99AC can also be charged from either of the USB-C jacks since they're bidirectional USB-C Power Delivery ports.
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BloomThat had raised $7.5 million in VC funding from firms like Forerunner Ventures, First Round Capital, Initialized Capital, Rothenberg Ventures and Sherpa Capital.
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That honor went to Chhurim Sherpa, the Nepali climber who took the record as the first woman to climb Everest twice in 22012.
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Every morning, his wife, Lhakpa Yangji Sherpa, 37, burns pieces of rhododendron bush as puja, or a religious offering, to keep him safe.
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Kyl has most recently been acting as Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh's "sherpa" on Capitol Hill, helping guide him through the nomination process.
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Lawmakers were also pleased with the "sherpa" team appointed by the White House to guide Gorsuch around the Senate, led by former Sen.
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Prior to Sherpa, Sharkey served as CEO of Johnson and Johnson subsidiary BabyCenter and had also co-founded the online media company iVillage.
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Sherpa have a number of responsibilities on Everest expeditions—they cook, guide, fix ropes, and ferry climbers' gear up and down the mountain.
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In 2014, the collapse of a large column of glacial ice in the Khumbu Icefall killed 16 people, 21 of whom were Sherpa.
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And at one time, it appeared they had landed on Sherpa Capital, a VC firm created by some of Uber's other early investors.
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"The screw needs to be tightened," said Kami Rita Sherpa, a Nepali climber who has reached Everest's summit 24 times, a world record.
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And they had one lobbyist — like the sherpa [or handler] who brings you around — who brings you around, and he organized the lunch.
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Mr. Booker has a local political sherpa guiding him to the proper house parties and supplying a steady list of who to call.
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"On the mountain, everything is weighed against the risk of death," said Ang Tshering Sherpa, the former president of the Nepal Mountaineering Association.
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It has raised $118 million in funding, with investors including Accel Partners, Atlas Venture, CRV, Founder Collective, Menlo Ventures, Sherpa Ventures and Techstars.
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"Sherpa," Ms. Peedom's previous film, took a traditional approach to documentary when she chronicled Everest exploration and the guides who work with climbers.
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Earlier backers of Brandless include Alphabet's GV (formerly Google Ventures), New Enterprise Associates, Cowboy Ventures, Sherpa Capital and pro athletes including Steph Curry.
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Without serious reform, a crisis is imminent, said Dawa Steven Sherpa, the managing director of Asian Trekking, one of Nepal's oldest climbing companies.
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Supported by notable Silicon Valley investors, including Greycroft, Menlo Ventures and Sherpa Capital, the high-flying startup failed to deploy capital efficiently, then crumbled.
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"Our supporting Sherpa Guides did immediate massage, CPR and raised his oxygen pressure to keep him alive," the company said in a news release.
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And UNESCO designated the region as a World Heritage site due to its exceptional natural beauty, ecological significance, and intricate linkages of Sherpa culture.
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Photo: GettyA Sherpa man who helped lead a team up Mount Everest as a part of an ASKfm cryptocurrency publicity stunt is presumed dead.
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However, one of the Sherpas, who was believed to be Lam Babu Sherpa, was reportedly left behind while the climbers made their way back.
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The key thing to understand is some of the investors are Kalanick loyalists such as Sherpa Capital's Shervin Pishevar and Yucaipa Companies' Ron Burkle.
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Ang Tshering Sherpa recalled one difficult excursion in particular where his party carried a body weighing 330 pounds from a location near Everest's peak.
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In addition to Pelion Ventures, Sherpa Capital, Motorola Ventures, 360 Capital Partners, Draper Associates Investments and Idinvest Partners are also participating in today's round.
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Exuding major western vibes, Gomez paired a sherpa patched tapestry-like coat with a pair of jeans, sneakers and her signature gold hoop earrings.
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I recently tested a new version of the Sherpa 100AC Power Pack from Goal Zero while camping (mostly) off-grid in the Scottish Highlands.
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"I have decided on my own accord to end my association with Sherpa Capital, effective immediately," Pishevar tweeted, as part of a lengthy statement.
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The Sherpa team remains focused on supporting our founders and portfolio companies, serving the interests of our Limited Partners across all of our funds.
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Venture capitalist Shervin Pishevar has left Sherpa Ventures, the San Francisco-based firm he co-founded in 2013, following multiple allegations of sexual harassment.
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But there has been tension inside the firm over the past several weeks, particularly as Sherpa has kept finding itself playing last-minute defense.
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Ayotte, who is currently serving as a "sherpa" liaison between the White House and senators dealing with Gorsuch's nomination, was present for the huddle.
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That night, while resting at Camp IV, the uppermost of four camps on the route to the summit, he died, Pasang Phurba Sherpa said.
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In mid-June, what was called the Sherpa fire raged out of control, burning 8,000 acres along the coastal hills of Santa Barbara County.
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Beneath the classic look of a pair of green moleskin pants, the Sherpa Adventure Gear Gurkhali packs some serious cutting-edge fabrics and design.
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The Nintendo Switch gaming console, yoga pants, gold accessories and Sherpa hoodies are some of Cowen and Co.'s favorite holiday gifts this season.
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As the Financial Times reported on Friday, the expedition resulted in the death of Lam Babu Sherpa, a guide who helped the climbers summit.
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During a Halloween night attack, very Portland-sounding carts Pastrami Zombie, Mr. Benny Smokehouse Brunch, and Sherpa Nirvana Momo were knocked out and robbed.
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"I'm a bright line person," says one investor (or limited partner, in industry parlance), who isn't an investor in either DFJ or Sherpa Capital.
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While en route to a camp near Hillary Step, Mr. Cash fainted once more and his attending Sherpa guides were unable to revive him.
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At the time, Merritt said the office's roughly 15 to 20 people were acting as "the Sherpa" that guides startups through the long process.
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KATHMANDU, Nepal — A few years ago, Kami Rita Sherpa, a veteran climber and guide, met with a gruesome sight at Mount Everest Base Camp.
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Scott Stanford reportedly plans to restart the venture capital firm Sherpa Capital after his co-founder, Shervin Pishevar, left amid allegations of sexual misconduct.
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"China changed its own findings last year after the number of climbers summiting Mount Everest from the northern side significantly decreased," Mr. Sherpa said.
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"Next time if I come, I will choose the company wisely, I will choose the sherpa wisely, I will choose everything wisely," he said.
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"It feels like the air itself has changed, like when a storm comes," said Shervin Pishevar, a founder of Sherpa Capital and Hyperloop One.
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Compare that to Mt. Everest, which more than 4,800 climbers have summited -- many of them sherpa who have achieved the feat more than once.
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He turned instead to Nielsen, who had been his "sherpa" — the Washington word for the adviser who guides a nominee through Senate confirmation hearings.
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The Sherpa guide stayed with his client, yet the client was hailed as a hero when he returned to Pakistan because he had summited.
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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell recommended the White House select Kyl, a former GOP whip, as the nominee's sherpa, according to a Republican official.
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From comfy blankets and warm candles to snug sweaters and sherpa jackets, these Amazon finds are the cuddliest items for your home and winter wardrobe.
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The climber, Nirmal Purja, 215, completed his goal early Tuesday morning when he reached the top of Shishapangma in Tibet along with a Sherpa team.
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"Try giving the enigma machine to Natasha and letting her operate the radio," was the sage advice of the old sherpa guides, and it worked.
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Everest was first conquered by New Zealander Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay in 1953 and about 5,000 people have since reached the summit.
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Naturally, we packed Sherpa Beer for our five-day trek through the Himalayas and quickly realized that five days was about all we could handle.
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The most compelling part of Everest VR is when you're asked to follow Sherpa guides on a treacherously-narrow makeshift bridge across a cavernous drop.
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Some 340 foreign climbers and their Sherpa guides are attempting to scale Everest this month and many succeeded in the past week during good weather.
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Other past sherpas include Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats, who was sherpa for Justice Samuel Alito, and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.
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And I thank you for your patience and understanding and grace you have shown to Sherpa Capital as we have weathered these recent turbulent waters.
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It's unclear what's next for Sherpa Capital, but Scott Stanford, formerly of Goldman Sachs, is the other co-founder and appears to still be involved.
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Shervin Pishevar is a managing director at Sherpa Capital, a San Francisco-based venture capital firm he co-founded with Scott Stanford in March 2013.
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"Dara's experience and his proven track record of success make him the right choice to lead Uber," said Shervin Pishevar of venture firm Sherpa Capital.
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Jon Kyl of Arizona to be the "sherpa" to steer President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee through the Senate confirmation process, spokesman Raj Shah announced.
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This flaming whirlwind was recorded during the Sherpa wildfire, which NBC reports has been burning in Santa Barbara County since the middle of the week.
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Kleiner Perkins and Sherpa Capital put money into a sock maker, and both Android-creator Andy Rubin and singer/songwriter Timbaland invested in a startup.
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But, regardless of what Mount Everest has become, its modern legacy was quite literally built on the backs of an often nameless, invisible Sherpa workforce.
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Some 303 years ago, the Sherpa people left Tibet for Nepal and settled in the remote, high altitude areas of the country's Solu-Khumbu district.
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An exuberant yet exhausted feeling hits me when we reach Basecamp, for unlike the Sherpa people, I do not function so well at 17,600 feet.
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Pishevar said in a statement on Tuesday that he would take a leave of absence from venture firm Sherpa Capital and transportation startup Hyperloop One.
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"It seems no one is alive," said Wangchu Sherpa, the managing director of Trekking Camp Nepal, the company overseeing the climbing expedition on Mount Gurja.
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He'll also love how soft the removable Sherpa cover is, and you'll love that it is washer- and dryer-friendly, making it easy to clean.
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In the surprise post, Lutz and Gonzales are both sporting sherpa-lined denim jackets and holding up a third miniature version for their newest addition.
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He developed altitude sickness around 8,600 meters and was trying to descend the mountain when he died, said Dawa Geljen Sherpa, the company's managing director.
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"We'll know more after Mr. Yearwood's Sherpa returns to the base camp," said Murari Sharma, the managing director at Everest Parivar Treks, an expedition company.
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Guides in the Himalayas are often called "sherpas," though not all are part of the ethnic group of Sherpa, from which many take their surname.
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Sleep Sherpa, an online mattress showroom, opened a store in Minneapolis that features many different e-commerce mattress brands including Leesa, Purple Innovation and Tempur Sealy.
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KATHMANDU, Nepal – Nepal has honored several Sherpa guides for their own Everest successes on the anniversary of the first conquest of the world&aposs highest peak.
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The New Hampshire Republican is a "sherpa" for Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch, meaning it is her job to help guide him through the confirmation process.
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The former American University constitutional law professor has also been a sherpa of sorts for House Democrats navigating constitutional issues, including impeachment and the Emoluments Clause.
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A team of Sherpas located Nath's body Friday morning but were unable to carry it to base camp because of weather conditions, Wangchu Sherpa told CNN.
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And on Sunday, 2503-year-old Subash Paul died at Base Camp II from altitude sickness, according to Wangchu Sherpa, managing director of Trekking Camp Nepal.
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KATHMANDU, Nepal – A veteran Sherpa guide has scaled Mount Everest for the 22nd time, setting the record for most climbs of the world&aposs highest mountain.
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From a fluffy sherpa jacket to the quintessential camel waist-tie, our coats are what keep our spirits up, no matter how cold it is outside.
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Four sherpa rescuers climbed to the site and brought him down to a lower camp from where he was picked up by a longline rescue helicopter.
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Mingma Sherpa of Seven Summit Treks, that provided local support to the climber, said the distressed mountaineer was flown to a hospital in Kathmandu on Friday.
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Laurence Boone is head of research at AXA IM, chief economist of the AXA Group and a former economic advisor and Sherpa to President François Hollande.
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Sherchan "was planning to climb in 2000 but was forced to cancel because of the avalanche where 16 sherpas were killed," said Sherpa of the NMA.
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Above the crib is a Woodland Trail Mobile by The Peanut Shell ($60), while a sweet Sherpa Bear Plush Rocker from Pottery Barn ($149) sits nearby.
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So as far as I'm concerned, she had been working on this book for over 30 years before she hired me to be her word sherpa.
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Timberlake, 36, dressed for the woods-themed party in camouflage pants, a black T-shirt, a red beanie and a denim jacket with a sherpa collar.
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To do all this, Curology has raised $15 million from Advance Vixeid Partners, along with Forerunner Ventures and Sherpa Capital in a new round of financing.
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Sherpa Capital is an investor in companies such as Uber, Airbnb, Munchery, ipsy, Shyp, Stance, Rent the Runway, Beepi, PillPack, Doctor on Demand and Cue Health.
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Among them, Shaw pointed to Lemonade in the U.S., wefox in the Germany and the U.K.-based Sherpa as companies bringing innovation to the old industry.
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In addition to Hyperloop, he is managing director of Sherpa Capital, a venture capital firm with investments in such companies as Uber, Airbnb, Munchery and Shyp.
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You don't ever want them to be in control of your health, you want them to almost be your guide or your sherpa through your health.
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Mr. Pishevar, according to the lawsuit, once pressured a prospective investor into investing in his Sherpa Capital venture fund in order to invest in Hyperloop One.
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"She had to wait for a long time to reach the summit and descend," one Sherpa guide traveling with Kulkani told the South China Morning Post.
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The team went back in 2013 to test the "superhuman" physiology of the Sherpa population of the Himalayas, who have lived at high altitude for centuries.
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Later that morning, Temba returned with the Sherpa and read a letter announcing the end of our expedition, stopping after each sentence to fight back tears.
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Lam Babu Sherpa was a veteran guide with three previous summits under his belt before he became the third climber to die on Everest this season.
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His group of eight other Sherpa was the first to summit this season, making them the first climbers to reach the top in over two years.
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A step up from the average picture frame or phone background, these snuggly sherpa blankets can feature one giant picture or a collage of some faves.
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Michael Lux, an Indiana attorney and founder of The Student Loan Sherpa, says the findings aren't a surprise since schools and students often have different objectives.
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"I'm a college student right now," Uber driver Lakpa Sherpa told me, "so it's really hard on me to support my family" following the price cut.
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See more: The best throw blankets Prior to Bedsure contacting me to test out their bedding, I was only familiar with their popular Sherpa Throw Blanket.
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That prompted the anticorruption groups Transparency International France and Sherpa to start legal proceedings against the presidents of Equatorial Guinea, the Republic of Congo and Gabon.
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The sherpa jacket's price rarely drops that low — the last time it was on sale was last month, and that was for a little under $60.
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In fact, you may actually enjoy the season if you face it with plenty of hot cocoa, movie marathons, and these four-star sherpa-lined sweatpants.
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When the bodies (and Dawa Finjhok Sherpa) came off the helicopter in Kathmandu a week later, we were relieved to discover that the images were extraordinary.
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Those honored included Kami Rita who just climbed the mountain for a record 22nd time and Lhakpa Sherpa, whose nine climbs are the most for a woman.
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SpoonRocket raised $13.5 million through a 2013 seed from Y Combinator and several angels, and a 2014 Series A from Foundation Capital, Base Ventures and Sherpa Capital.
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ASKfm CEO Max Tsaryk told The Financial Times on May 25 that the company knew someone had gone missing, but the status of the Sherpa was unknown.
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"Sherpa came about when the digital design and development studio I founded, Modern Assembly, was asked to pitch ideas for a leading travel review website," explains Aaron.
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The company is also announcing the close of a $4.42 million Series A led by Sherpa Capital, with participation from Y Combinator, Ludlow Ventures, and Justin Waldron.
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The intrigue: Kyl has served as the sherpa to Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh through his confirmation process, and his appointment could give cushion to Kavanaugh's confirmation.
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Back in March, LADOT gave year-long permits to Bird, Lyft, Lime, Bolt, Sherpa, Spin, and Wheels to offer app-based rides on two-wheeled electric vehicles.
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Just two years after joining Menlo, Pishevar left the firm to start Sherpa Capital with Scott Sanford, a career investment banker who'd spent 20 years at Goldman.
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Shortly after a group of Uber shareholders asked Benchmark to relinquish its spot on Uber's board of directors, Sherpa Capital's Shervin Pishevar is petitioning Benchmark via Change.
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Sherpa, a personal assistant startup that has carved out a niche for itself by focusing on the Spanish-language market (alongside English) and predictive suggestions, is expanding.
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The redesigned Sherpa 100AC has a capacity of 25,600mAh (94.7Wh) which is just barely on the approval side of the 100Wh FAA carry-on limit for batteries.
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SoftTech Ventures led the funding round, with participation from Maven Ventures, Precursor Ventures, Sound Ventures, Sherpa Ventures, Core VC, Founders Fund, Y Combinator, and several angel investors.
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However, Gyanendra Shrestha from the Nepal Tourism Board and Ang Tshering Sherpa, the President of Nepal Mountaineering Association, disputed Mosedale's suggestion that the "Hillary Step" has disappeared.
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The company has raised nearly $22 million in outside funding from Index Ventures, Metamorphic Ventures, First Round, IDG Capital Partners, Sherpa Capital and others, according to CrunchBase.
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"I tell him every year not to climb," Ms. Sherpa said, adding that she allowed him to continue so they could afford to educate their four children.
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The Biddeford MicroPlush Sherpa Electric Heated Blanket comes in twin, full, queen, and king sizes so you can stay warm no matter what size bed you have.
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Well, you can ride it to the store, buy some stuff, and then, with your purchases instead of you balanced on Loomo, it'll function as your Sherpa.
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The term "sherpa" has been gradually incorporated into Capitol Hill jargon, from the name of a people known in part as guides to visitors in the Himalayas.
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John Kyl should act as the "Sherpa," the person responsible for guiding the nominee around Capitol Hill as they begin the work of meeting with senators individually.
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" In a statement, Sherpa Capital thanked Pishevar for his contributions to the firm and said it was "deeply committed to our culture of integrity, inclusion, and respect.
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One of his mountain guides, Ming Dorjee Sherpa, was able to sacrifice his oxygen mask, regulator and cylinder and descend to a lower camp without supplemental oxygen.
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Although the Do acquisition by Amazon might not have fit into the bigger Sherpa Foundry mission, its placement could have helped Do pick up more large customers.
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The bigger, more complicated story of the suffering of Everest is the longstanding and pervasive exploitation of Sherpa by the international climbing community — specifically, Western guide companies.
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Alan Arnette, a longtime climber who covers Everest expeditions each season, claimed on his blog that the death of Lam Babu Sherpa could have likely been prevented.
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Deaths are a common occurrence on Everest, but a Sherpa dying for the sake of fulfilling a cryptocurrency meme makes this one seem all the more pointless.
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Spain itself has a strong engineering culture in its tech ecosystem, and interestingly Sherpa is not the only Spain language processing startup to come out of it.
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The bikes — 11 variations are offered in the United States — use Ducati's V-twin engine but do not copy the sherpa-like utility trimmings of adventure bikes.
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CreditCreditKevin Lamarque/Reuters Opinion Columnist Any random heiress can sunbathe in the Seychelles, ski in Aspen or, with the right Sherpa and thermal wear, ascend the Himalayas.
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"Due to the huge traffic yesterday and the delay in being able to return back, she couldn't maintain her energy," said Thupden Sherpa, the tour group's manager.
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"I have climbed Everest so many times, but this spring's traffic jam was the worst," said Tshering Jangbu Sherpa, a guide who summited Everest on May 22.
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He practiced a rescue with Dawa Sherpa, 16, a junior from Woodside, Queens, who was also a non-swimmer when he emigrated from Kathmandu three years ago.
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"If that's the policy decision, it seems like a missed opportunity," said Daniel M. Price, who served as President George W. Bush's economic "sherpa" at summit meetings.
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Lily raised its $15 million in funding from high-profile venture capital firms, including Spark Capital, SV Angel, High Line Venture Partners, Slow Ventures and Sherpa Capital.
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The Brindle Waterproof Designer Memory Foam is a great choice for small-breed dogs with its waterproof lining, comfortable memory foam mattress, and cozy removable Sherpa cover.
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Anti-corruption groups Sherpa and Transparency International France, which brought the case against Obiang, three other heads of state and their entourages in 2008, welcomed the decision.
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This ultra-comfy plush throw ($12.88, normally $29.97) has a soft Sherpa backing to keep you warm, while adding a design accent to a sofa or loveseat.
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"Space is not a vacuum really, it is actually full of opportunities," Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu, sherpa to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, said at the same event.
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" In a statement, Sherpa Capital thanked Pishevar for his contributions to the firm and said it was "deeply committed to our culture of integrity, inclusion, and respect.
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During the summer of 249, George – who chose the trail-moniker "Sherpa" – met the women multiple times, hiking an hour past trailheads to meet his wife and Lee.
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Choose from two different size options (50" x 60" or 60" x 80") and three different material options (fleece, plush fleece, or sherpa) to create a cozy gift.
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Sherpa takes their content and turns it into guides that appeal to a variety of types of travelers — ranging from backpackers to adventurers to luxury travelers and more.
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It is not one I took lightly and it was a difficult decision that was guided by Sherpa Capital's abiding belief in service and putting others before ourselves.
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Everest summit reached for first time after two years Last week, crew member Phurba Sherpa (no relation to the journalist of the same name) fell to his death.
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DeBaun joins the likes of Shervin Pishevar, co-founder of Sherpa Capital and Hyperloop One, Apoorva Mehta of Instacart, Emmett Shear of Twitch and Sebastian Thrun of Udacity.
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Ventures, Infinity Ventures, Sherpa Capital and Menlo Ventures, as well as from Greycroft, M13, Northgate Capital and more since its founding in 2010 by Tran and Conrad Chu.
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There are several affordable and well-reviewed dog beds out there, like this elevated dog bed (that has over 12,240 reviews!) and this adorable self-warming sherpa bed.
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The weekend also reportedly brought the death of a local Sherpa guide, and the disappearance of two Indian climbers – Paresh Nath and Goutam Ghosh – who are still missing.
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Sherpa has so far grown up on a very modest $6.5 million of funding, from Alma Mundi Innvierte Fund, FCRE, and unnamed private investors ("celebrities" says Uribe-Extebarria).
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With $18 million in funding from Defy Ventures, Khosla Ventures, Menlo Ventures, Sherpa Capital and others, Owl has launched its always-connected, LTE security camera for your car.
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Hyperloop One co-founder and early Uber investor Shervin Pishevar has announced his resignation from Sherpa Capital, the venture capital firm he co-founded, following sexual misconduct allegations.
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LONDON (Reuters) - Incoming Prime Minister Boris Johnson will appoint David Frost as European Union sherpa and adviser on Europe, a Daily Telegraph reporter cited unidentified sources as indicating.
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Prior to the acquisition, BloomThat had raised $7.5 million from investors like Rothenberg Ventures, Forerunner Ventures, Sherpa Capital and others, with the most recent round in April 2015.
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"Our team did their best to save his life," the company noted, adding that Sherpa guides had attempted to keep him alive while pulling him down the mountain.
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"Our team did their best to save his life," the company said, adding that Sherpa guides had attempted to keep him alive while pulling him down the mountain.
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The G20 leaders were also struggling to find common ground on issues such as information security, climate change and migration, said Svetlana Lukash, Russia's sherpa to the group.
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Pishevar co-founded Sherpa after rising to prominence at Menlo Ventures, a firm that placed one of the earliest bets in Uber, now the world's most valuable startup.
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For example, Sherpa was unaware of Pishevar's May arrest in London until just last month, when U.S. news outlets (including Axios) were about to publish stories about it.
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Named after Edmund Hillary, the first climber to conquer the mountain with Tenzing Norgay Sherpa, the "Hillary Step" is considered the final test of endurance for Everest climbers.
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Lenore Estrada of Three Babes Bakeshop, among several vendors owed thousands of dollars in unpaid invoices, orchestrated a protest outside of Munchery investor Sherpa Capital's offices in January.
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Condé Nast, another member of Sherpa Foundry, exercises a similar approach via Advance Vixeid Partners (AVP), a venture capital firm affiliated with Condé Nast's parent company, Advance Publications.
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Sherpa Capital and Virgin Hyperloop One co-founder Shervin Pishevar said on Tuesday that he is taking a leave of absence from both firms on his own accord.
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Meanwhile, the so-called Sherpa fire in California started on Wednesday in the Los Padres National Forest and tripled in size on Thursday night to over 85033,000 acres.
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His diplomatic sherpa is seasoned Europhile and career diplomat Philippe Etienne who just spent a three-year spell as ambassador to Germany, and is a fluent Russian speaker.
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But Nepal held its ground, and China recently backed down, Mr. Sherpa said, apparently in response to a drop in climbers tackling the mountain from the Tibet side.
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They were nestled into their sherpa-lined travel bags, quietly being lulled to sleep by the rhythms of the train as we headed from New York to Washington.
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Women's Sherpa Winter Fleece Slipper Socks, from $9.99February's cold has nothing against these thick, fleece-lined slipper socks, which also happen to come in other adorable animal patterns.
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KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Four Sherpa climbers ended a rare expedition to climb Mount Everest in winter and within just five days because of heavy snow, officials said on Thursday.
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"It's very challenging here," said Gelu Sherpa, 40, a member of the association who is taking time off from graduate studies in linguistics to raise his young children.
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"He was without a guide as he was climbing alpine style and reported that he was low on batteries," Sherpa said, adding that Vivanco was not using oxygen.
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The incident forced Planet to pull its satellites from Sherpa and launch on an Indian rocket instead—leaving Taiwan's National Space Organization as the sole passenger on Thursday's mission.
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AMERICA&aposS MOST POPULAR DOG BREEDS REVEALED There&aposs also something called a Sherpa bag for little dogs, because small dogs can easily get overheated on the hot pavement.
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John Kyl would be the so-called "sherpa" for Trump&aposs nominee, meaning that he will help guide the nominee through Senate meetings and other trappings of the process.
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Clinton's first event with the Clooneys will be hosted by Shervin Pishevar, a venture capitalist who is the founder of Sherpa Ventures and is a special adviser to Uber.
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Rescue efforts are still ongoing for two missing climbers on Mount Everest after a grim week that saw three tourists and a Sherpa lose their lives in four days.
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Eric Arnold, 36, of the Netherlands, died Friday night while heading back after a successful summit on Everest, according to Tashi Lakpa Sherpa, the owner of Seven Summit Treks.
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Moreover, BamBrogan alleged Shervin Pishevar pressured Hyperloop One investors to invest in Sherpa Capital, the venture capital fund headed up by Pishevar, in order to invest in the company.
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Uber investor Shervin Pishevar of Sherpa Capital, joined by other shareholders, sent letters to Benchmark calling for the firm to divest its shares and step down from the board.
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Pishevar was a garish type who would two years later leave Menlo to launch his own firm Sherpa Capital, a backer of Slack, Airbnb, Robinhood, Hyperloop One and more.
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Pishevar's co-founder, Scott Stanford, continues to run the show alongsidea 13-person team, and it's possible that Sherpa could hire a senior investment professional to fill Pishevar's spot.
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In addition to working on China trade issues, he served as the U.S. sherpa for the G7 and G20 in his role as deputy assistant for international economic affairs.
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Prior to this reported acquisition, BloomThat had raised $7.5 million from investors like Rothenberg Ventures, Forerunner Ventures, Sherpa Capital and others, with the most recent round in April 2015.
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Jamsenpa claims that Chhurim Sherpa officially broke the record first due to politics: the Nepali authorities processed the paperwork of the homegrown climber before that of Jamsenpa, a foreigner.
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Bannon met for two hours with Moore and served as a Washington sherpa of sorts for the twice-ousted former Alabama chief justice when he visited Washington last week.
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But the French company still faces a charge of "financing of terrorism", said Marie Dose, who represents the organizations Sherpa et ECCHR (European center for constitutional and human rights).
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I wanted that fuzzy kind of material and I just think we were debating whether it needed to be sherpa or a teddy bear/Elmo-y kind of thing.
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There, it remains, fetid in blue barrels (equipped with toilet seats!), until Sherpa porters can transport it to Gorak Shep, a frozen lakebed that's become Everest's ad-hoc landfill.
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Then in 2000, a 2700 magnitude earthquake struck Nepal, triggering a massive avalanche at base camp that left 225 dead (including ten Sherpa) and more than 22010 others injured.
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When the Sherpa found out that the Japanese had successfully summited (from a different face), he sped down a trail while the runner finished a drink at a bar.
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"The climber was stuck in traffic some four to five hours and died of exhaustion," he said, adding that Sherpa guides had provided water and tried to save him.
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Mr. Cash initially fainted at the summit because of high altitude sickness and was helped by Sherpa guides, according to Pioneer Adventures, a company that leads trips on Everest.
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In December 2017, Pishevar took an "immediate leave of absence" from both Sherpa Capital, the VC firm he co-founded, and Elon Musk's Hyperloop, which he also co-founded.
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Ang Tshering Sherpa, the former president of the Nepal Mountaineering Association, estimated that the bodies of at least a third of all who have died on Everest remain there.
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Pagani was most recently head of the office of Italy's minister of finance, before which he served as G20 Sherpa and senior economic counsellor to the Italian prime minister.
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Sherpa said they lost contact with Chilean Rodrigo Vivanco, who was descending after scaling the same peak on Wednesday afternoon, at an altitude of about 8,400 meters (27,559 feet).
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Ang Tshering Sherpa, whose four generations of family have been living off leading Everest expeditions, says clean-ups aren't just good for the environment, they also make business sense.
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Let them rest in this sherpa-covered pet bed that features a memory foam center surrounded by over-stuffed padding, giving them a cozy space to hang out in.
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About 5,000 climbers have ascended Everest since it was first scaled by Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay Sherpa in 1953, but only about 550 of them were women.
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Kelly Ayotte, a former New Hampshire senator, has ties to the White House after serving as the "sherpa" for Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch during his Senate confirmation hearings.
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"In order for each country to focus all of its resources on responding to the health and economic challenges of COVID-19 and at President Trump's direction, National Economic Council Director and U.S. Sherpa for the 2020 G7 Larry Kudlow has informed his Sherpa colleagues that the G7 Leaders' Summit the U.S. was set to host in June at Camp David will now be done by video-teleconference," Deere said in a statement.
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Sherpa Capital co-founder Shervin Pishevar has filed a lawsuit against Definers Public Affairs, a Republican opposition research firm that he believes is being paid to spread rumors about him.
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The co-founder of Sherpa Capital, Pishevar was arrested in London in late May after a woman accused him of raping her; he was "released under investigation" and never charged.
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In the interview, Tsaryk explained that an investigation has shown that after reaching the peak, the team and its three Sherpa guides had to quickly descend due to weather conditions.
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Unnamed sources told Axios that Jay Z, also known as Shawn Carter, will partner with venture capital firm Sherpa Capital, which has invested in companies like Uber, Airbnb and Slack.
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Savoini has in the past been dubbed in Italian media as Salvini's sherpa to Moscow and was central to enabling a partnership agreement between Lega and Putin's United Russia party.
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Priced from $198 for a pair of track pants to $368 for a denim jacket with a sherpa collar, the collection is currently available at both Agolde and The Webster.
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The body of Goutam Ghosh, an Indian mountain climber who went missing on Mount Everest on May 21, was found Sunday, said Wangchu Sherpa, managing director of Trekking Camp Nepal.
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Indian national Subash Paul died at Base Camp II -- at an elevation of about 24,600 feet -- Sunday from altitude sickness, according to Wangchu Sherpa, Managing Director of Trekking Camp Nepal.
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Friday Eric Arnold, 36, of the Netherlands, died at night while heading back after a successful summit on Everest, according to Tashi Lakpa Sherpa, the owner of Seven Summit Treks.
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Those issues were the "most complicated" areas of discussion, said Argentina's Pedro Villagra Delgado, the lead organizer, or "sherpa," for the summit of leaders from key industrialized and developing economies.
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"We're asking the judiciary authority to sanction this unacceptable gap between these ethical commitments and the reality as observed in the factories by local NGOs," Sherpa said in a statement.
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The expansion comes at the same time that Sherpa has passed three million downloads of its app, which currently has 800,000 active users, with 80-90 percent of those Spanish.
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Together, those two rounds of funding added up to about $19 million, sources tell us, with GC leading a $4 million round and Sherpa putting in $15 million last fall.
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For two weeks, the Sherpa 100AC allowed me to venture off the grid for a few days at a time before retreating to caravan sites to plug in and recharge.
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In that tight timetable, Kavanaugh is being guided by his "sherpa" -- a special escort to help him meet with senators as he seeks to drum up support for his confirmation.
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DAY 3 - SUNDAY, JUNE 26 - RALLYING ROUND THE EU FLAG Member states' ambassadors and leaders' "sherpa" advisers are expected to meet in Brussels in the event of a Brexit vote.
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LONDON, July 23 (Reuters) - Incoming Prime Minister Boris Johnson will appoint David Frost as European Union sherpa and adviser on Europe, a Daily Telegraph reporter cited unidentified sources as indicating.
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Santa Barbara County residents who live near the site of the Thomas, Sherpa and Whittier fires last winter were told to leave by noon, county officials said in a statement.
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The lawsuit alleges that Shervin Pishevar "pressured" Hyperloop One investors to funnel their money through his venture capital firm, Sherpa Capital, in order to "gain direct access" to the cash.
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The company closed a $10 million round of Series A funding in November with investors like Demi Lovato and Sherpa Capital, whose founders invested in eyewear start-up Warby Parker.
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"I have climbed Everest so many times, but this spring's traffic jam was the worst," Tshering Jangbu Sherpa, a guide who climbed the mountain on May 22, told the Times.
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It's available in tons of colors in four different fabric options — sherpa, quilted, polar fleece, and classic — and mine has quickly become one of my favorite pieces of fall clothing.
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"I find it hard to understand how the 45 year old Sherpa developed snow blindness, was reported to be staggering, and no one was able to help him," Arnette wrote.
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Brandless was incubated by Sherpa Capital, where Sharkey was a venture partner before returning to life as a founder, and it received seed funding from Cowboy Ventures and Slow Ventures.
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Three days ago, Pishevar announced that he was taking a leave from Sherpa, along with the transportation company Virgin Hyperloop One, which he also helped found, and other company boards.
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Mountain marks Peedom's return to the clouds following her 2015 Bafta-nominated documentary Sherpa, which was filmed in the aftermath of a 2014 ice avalanche that killed 16 Nepalese guides.
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For short, infrequent car trips or the occasional flight, a soft model like the Sherpa Original Deluxe Carrier, which scores high points for ventilation and durability, will do the trick.
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The Bamboo Bed Sheets are silky smooth, the Bio-Zero Memory Foam Pillows contour to my head and neck, and the Sherpa Blanket keeps me warm during cold winter nights.
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"The horror, the horror," said Shervin Pishevar, a venture capitalist at the firm Sherpa Capital who, like just about every leading light in tech, had strongly supported Hillary Clinton's candidacy.
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The route taken on the ascent was pioneered by New Zealand's Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay when they became the first climbers to reach the summit in 1953.
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The climbers, along with staff members and Sherpa guides, would spend nearly two weeks hiking to the Everest base camp, which sits at an altitude of around 17,000 feet (5,200 meters).
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Earlier this morning, Plain, along with his guides Jon Gupta and Pemba Sherpa, reached the top of Mount Everest, completing the seven-summit tour in just 117 days, as AFP reports.
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Since Sherpa Capital was founded in 2013, our Firm has been committed to upholding a culture of integrity and service, including best in class policies and practices that reflect these values.
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While two of its founding members are Silicon Valley bellwethers, what Sherpa Foundry is doing "really resonates with [companies] that are headquartered in London or Dubai or even Minneapolis," says Hansch.
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Kelly Ayotte, who lost her reelection bid in November and is now working for Trump as a Capitol Hill liaison, or "Sherpa," on the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch.
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What we really could have used, though, was an insider's guide; a sherpa for navigating the common challenges all IoT startups will face, a treasure map to the best-kept secrets.
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The senior US official who served as Trump's "sherpa," the diplomatic emissary who represents the president at major international meetings, including the G7, quit his post shortly after the Quebec summit.
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You can even snag some adorable fashion finds on major discount like this white Sherpa Jacket that&aposs only $30 and these cute cold-weather boots for more than $40 off!
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Sherpa became renowned in France after a legal action against cement group LafargeHolcim for having allegedly paid armed groups including Islamic State militants to keep operating in Syria from 2011-2015.
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She said she would make a joint bid in May with Nima Doma Sherpa, wife of one of the 16 sherpas killed in an avalanche near the base camp in 2014.
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The company is launching a set of APIs called the Sherpa Platform, which will let other businesses tap into its predictive recommendations and use them in their own consumer-facing services.
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The Sherpa 2100AC is surprisingly compact and portable, tipping the scale at two pounds (2100 g) and measuring just 2129.99 x 2199 x 2200 in (1003 x 2100 x 2220 cm).
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It is not one I took lightly and it was a difficult decision that was guided by Sherpa Capital and my family's abiding belief in service and putting others before ourselves.
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Shervin Pishevar yesterday resigned from Sherpa Capital, the San Francisco venture capital firm he co-founded in 2013, following multiple allegations of sexual misconduct (all of which he continues to deny).
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So much so that at Camp Three of her first ascent, 216,221 feet (235,20113 meters) above sea level, her Sherpa raised the idea of a second ascent from Everest Base Camp.
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Kyl is well respected in Republican circles and is currently acting as Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh's "sherpa" — the person helping guide the judge through the nomination process on Capitol Hill.
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The Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office issued an evacuation order to areas at risk from debris flow below the Sherpa, Whittier and Thomas fires burn areas starting at 10 a.m. Tuesday.
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This Tea Collection Sherpa Fleece Zip Hoodie is the perfect outer layer for a baby girl who needs to be warm but also comfortable all through her first or second winter.
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On the blogs, Sleep Sherpa also recommends this sofa because it is easier to fold than a futon and doesn't have metal rods digging into you while you try to sleep.
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"I think the whole scene around Everest is being taken more seriously by the government now," said Dawa Steven Sherpa, the managing director of Asian Trekking, a company based in Kathmandu.
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Sherpa said it was lodging its complaint against Vinci in France together with another non-governmental organisation CCEM (Committee against modern slavery) and six former Vinci workers from India and Nepal.
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The so-called Sherpa Fire in Santa Barbara County, about 90 miles (145 km) northwest of Los Angeles, had burned through about 7,11 acres (3,161 hectares) by Saturday evening, officials said.
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He went on to found or become a founding team member of many successful startups before joining Menlo Ventures and later striking out on his own in 2013 with Sherpa Ventures.
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"As part of the inquiry, the precise figure retained is 12,946,000 euros paid by Lafarge between 2011 and 2015 to terrorist organizations, including the Islamic State," Sherpa lawyer Marie Dose said.
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Sherpa wants the company to be placed under formal criminal investigation, like Olsen, and also accuses Lafarge of not cooperating with authorities and trying to hide important elements from the investigation.
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The details: Pillpack had raised over $110 million in funding, most recently at around a $360 million valuation, from firms like Accel, Accomplice, CRV, Pillar Cos, Astral Capital and Sherpa Capital.
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I was climbing with just one Sherpa but I was using one of the bigger camps so they had a really nice cook and a place to relax and hang out.
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They acted as a classic tour group, except instead of following a flag, their lead sherpa held a ten-foot length of quarter-inch rebar topped with a blinking LED heart.
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In almost every case, those ascents were made possible by the aid of Sherpa, the distinct ethnic group in eastern Nepal who act as the porters and guides of the mountain.
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The 23-year-old Ko could not have asked for a more capable Sherpa than Brooker to help her plant her name at the top of the ANA Inspiration leader board.
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Pasang Sherpa of the Peak Promotion hiking company said Baidya, who climbed the 8,586 meter (28,169 feet) Kanchenjunga main summit on Wednesday, died due to altitude sickness on the way down.
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Uber is entertaining investment offers from investors such as Softbank, Dragoneer Investment Group and a consortium led by Shervin Pishevar of Sherpa Capital, The New York Times reported over the weekend.
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But as the show went on, our sherpa seemed lost at times — at one point, flubbing his lines and breaking the fourth wall to acknowledge that he wasn't nailing the gig.
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Kumar got separated from his guide near a place called Balcony on Saturday, Thupden Sherpa of the Arun Treks and Expedition company that sponsored Kumar's team said in Kathmandu on Sunday.
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In part, that is because all governments will have had the chance to resolve problems during meetings of their envoys in Brussels and a meeting on Friday among leaders' "sherpa" aides.
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This S13/NYC parka has a faux sherpa lining that's as cozy as your favorite blanket and has an internal drawstring that nips in at the waist to create a flattering figure.
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The Sherpa is a tow vehicle and deployment system for smaller, privately owned satellites; Spaceflight would have flown 270 of them, many from Earth-imaging company Planet, on the Formosat-237 mission.
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This is a little surprising coming from Yul Kwon because he is Facebook's chief 'privacy sherpa,' who is supposed to make sure that new products coming out of Facebook are privacy-compliant.
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It led to a lively exchange among the meeting's participants, in particular with the German sherpa who was told that any concerns should be raised directly by Chancellor Angela Merkel with Macron.
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About 200 miles to the north, excessive heat also continued to plague crews battling the so-called Sherpa Fire, burning for a fifth day in the canyons and foothills near Santa Barbara.
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But he argues that there's plenty of demand, too, particularly from corporates outside of Silicon Valley that either don't have a local presence or have a minimal one that Sherpa can amplify.
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Eric Arnold, 36, of the Netherlands, died Friday night of a suspected heart attack while heading back after a successful summit, according to Tashi Lakpa Sherpa, the owner of Seven Summit Treks.
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Lhakpa Sherpa was guiding some 50 climbers with her brother when she scaled the 8,850-meter (29,035-foot) peak last week, breaking her own record for the most climbs by a woman.
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"They are expected to reach the base camp on Friday," said Doma, who like most Sherpa goes by her first name, after a telephone conversation with the widows' team on the mountain.
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Bezar raised $2.25 million early last year from a long list of investors including Lerer Hippeau Ventures, Sherpa Ventures and First Round Capital's Howard Morgan, who sat on the board of Fab.com.
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"The UK sherpa... was not invited but he understands," the senior EU official said of Tom Scholar, the top adviser on European and global issues to the outgoing Prime Minister David Cameron.
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Shervin instituted a "pay-to-play" scenario by pressuring potential Hyperloop One investors to invest in Shervin's own fund, Sherpa Capital, in order to gain access to direct investment in Hyperloop One.
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After plugging in to the AC socket, the Sherpa thought about it, but then flashed a message saying it had exceeded the 100W max output power limit and needed to be reset.
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MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has told leaders at the G20 summit that Russia has never interfered in the U.S. election, Russian G20 sherpa Svetlana Lukash said on Twitter on Saturday.
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Full statement: Update: After multiple days of silence, Silicon Valley Bank, tells Axios that Pishevar has stepped off the board of directors of Silicon Foundry, a recent joint venture with Sherpa Capital.
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Co-founder Shervin Pishevar, who is also managing director of Sherpa Ventures, a venture capital firm that's invested in startups such as AirBnB, Uber and Munchery, co-leads the tech start-up.
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"Everybody in the industry is hoping for a smooth year," said Dawa Steven Sherpa, the managing director of Asian Trekking, a Nepalese-owned agency sending 15 people to climb Everest this season.
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"Tomorrow the final sherpa round starts and without going into details here, I can say that there are still a lot of difficult questions pending," spokesman Steffen Seibert told a news conference.
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Why are we benchmarking the wage of a climbing Sherpa next to the wage of a farmer, a driver, the proprietor of a tea house, when the Sherpa's job is much deadlier?
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Another Mingma Sherpa (of no relation to the woman of the same name in Phortse) runs the show here at the Tashi Delek when its owners are away in the off-season.
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It had been valued as high as $560 million in previous rounds of funding, after raising money from 35 investors, including Yuri Milner, Comerica, Redpoint, Foundation Capital, Sherpa Capital and Fabrice Grinda.
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The hardest part of his job, he said, is when he has to pass the dead bodies of Sherpa, which are not removed for logistical reasons, on his way up the mountain.
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"It is very difficult not because of logistical and technical reasons, but because of the law," said Ang Dorjee Sherpa, the head of the Sagarmatha Pollution Control Committee, which maintains the mountain.
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I fell quite hard for some of the misdirection today — I had "heretic" for SKEPTIC, "sherpa" for NEPALI, "binge" for GORGE and a missed letter here and there that slowed me down.
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The summit had been scaled only twice before — by the New Zealand mountaineer and explorer Edmund Hillary and his Sherpa guide Tenzing Norgay in 1953, and by a Swiss team in 1956.
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For those of you looking to update your winter wardrobe during the savings event, Amazon has also slashed price tags on hundreds of cozy essentials — including the Levi's Original Sherpa Trucker Jacket.
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Whether you plan on spending blanket season firmly anchored to the couch or racing down slopes, plush fabrics, such as flannel, knit, and Sherpa, can instantly turn your home into cozy town.
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The experts over at Sleepopolis endorse the Bear Pillow, calling it "an even balance between plush and firm" that provides "comfort for any sleep position," and Sleep Sherpa is a fan, too.
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Tougher, men's wear fabrics and suiting have been omnipresent: at Etro, where Veronica Etro mixed tweed and corduroy, Tibetan silk and sherpa shearling, into a mélange meant for a self-selecting tribe.
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"The gap between these ethical commitments and the reality in factories as described by the NGOs is unacceptable and should be sanctioned," Sherpa and ActionAid France said in a press release Thursday.
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The two showed off their style as Kardashian West, 39, dressed in a formfitting dress and sherpa-lined leather jacket, while La La opted for a nude jumpsuit and purple satin overcoat.
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Linville's plans to climb Everest in 2014 and 2015 were hampered by a huge avalanche above base camp that killed 16 Sherpa guides, and the devastating earthquake that hit Nepal last year.
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Pishevar, who has denied the accusations, said in a statement provided by his lawyer that he was voluntarily leaving Sherpa Capital, which he co-founded, because of ongoing "untruthful attacks" against him.
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"The weather has been pretty bad, especially with high winds, but there were some little keyholes which climbers have been lucky to take advantage of," Tendi Sherpa, a longtime guide, told the Post.
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The southern route, on the Nepali side of the mountain, has suffered tragedy over the past two years, with 7383 sherpa guides killed by an avalanche in the treacherous Khumbu Icefall in 4978.
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Sherpa Capital, founded by early Uber investor Shervin Pishevar, has come out against Benchmark, demanding that it should be the one to leave the board and should also sell most of its shares.
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Consumer-focused investor VMG Partners led its $236 million Series B, with participation from new investors GV and ACME Capital — which manages Sherpa Capital's funds — and existing investors Base10 Partners and Shasta Ventures.
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Sherpa's statement: Pishevar, who is best-known as an early investor in Uber while with a previous VC firm, already had taken a leave of absence from Sherpa and his portfolio companies boards.
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In a statement issued on their website, the company said that their supporting Sherpa guides attempted to help Donald, 55, by performing "immediate massage and CPR" in hopes to raise his oxygen levels.
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Kevin Hartz joined Founders Fund last year, Keith Rabois joined Khosla, Shervin Pishevar founded Sherpa Capital in 2013, Joe Lonsdale put together the ill-fated Formation8 in 2011 before launching 8VC in 2015.
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The three groups - Sherpa, CPCR (Collective of Civil Parties for Rwanda) and Ibuka France - said on Thursday that their suit accused BNP Paribas of complicity in genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes.
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This kind of a service is somewhat an act of charity and selflessness on the part of the Sherpa, and thus begs the question as to what exactly is in it for them.
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Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) — the designated Senate "sherpa" — are guiding Supreme Court justice nominee Brett Kavanaugh around Capitol Hill in search of the 51 votes he needs for confirmation in the upper chamber.
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A U.S. man who climbed the tallest mountain on every continent has died on Mount Everest after becoming ill due to high altitude sickness, according to Nepalese Sherpa guides who were assisting him.
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Instead, he's the leader of the icefall doctors, an elite team of eight Sherpa who anchor the ropes and ladders in the Khumbu Icefall that climbers depend on to safely reach the summit.
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A sherpa and a shepherd from the Pyrenees will both describe a deep spiritual connection to the land and similar personality traits: insularity, self-reliance, a gift for improvisation, a suspicion of outsiders.
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Shervin Pishevar is officially resigning from his post at venture firm Sherpa Capital to focus on an ongoing lawsuit he has filed against people who he claim have disseminated false sexual harassment claims.
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For example, an avalanche in 2014 killed at least 12 Sherpa guides, and a series of avalanches in 2015 sparked by that year's massive Nepal earthquake caused the deaths of at least 19 people.
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Pemba Dorje climbed from Everest's South Base Camp to summit with supplemental oxygen in eight hours and ten minutes, while Kazi Sherpa completed the feat without supplemental oxygen in 20 hours and 24 minutes.
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Sherpa co-founder and CEO Paul Aaron previously founded NYC-based design studio Modern Assembly, which worked with brands like Coca-Cola, UNICEF, Droga5, The Climate Reality Project and even The Rock (Dwayne Johnson).
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The Levi's Field Jacket, Sherpa bomber jacket, and faux leather jacket make for casual layering pieces, while the many wool blend coats (another Meghan Markle favorite!) are the perfect additions to your work wardrobe.
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Shervin Pishevar, co-founder of Sherpa Capital and co-founder of Hyperloop One, is taking an immediate leave of absence from both companies, as well as from his board responsibilities at Sherpa's portfolio companies.
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The line features bedding sets, decorative pillows and throws, in an of-the-moment range of patterns like Japanese Shibori — a kind of tie-dye — and in materials like "sweatshirt sherpa" and crushed velvet.
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Among the business's co-founders are Michelle Muller, chief executive officer Ben Lewis, chief product officer Angela Vranich and chief marketing officer Lisa Barnett, a former partner at Dorm Room Fund and Sherpa Foundry.
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Sherpa — based out of Bilbao, Spain and Palo Alto — is also announcing its a customer for the service: Porsche, which plans to use the service in its connected car services in its luxury vehicles.
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We are deeply committed to our culture of integrity, inclusion, and respect and will continue to put these values into action through all of Sherpa Capital's activities, including the founders and companies we support.
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PlateJoy has raised approximately $2 million in funding from investors including Y Combinator, Foundation Capital, 500Startups, Sherpa Ventures, and individual angels including Stripe CEO Patrick Collison, actor and musician Jared Leto and Joanne Wilson.
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In July that year, Sherpa led a $10 million Series A round, and last April, Kleiner Perkins directed a push that yielded another $50 million and landed John Doerr on Shyp's board of directors.
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Pasang Phurba Sherpa said on Sunday that the rest of the Seven Summit Treks team on the mountain, which is being led by a Dutch climber, Arnold Coster, was still making its way down.
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In 2013 there was an American guide on our expedition who'd never climbed above 20,413 feet, yet he was in charge of a team of Sherpa with over 30 combined summits of Everest alone.
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In 2013 at camp two, I watched as a crowd of angry Sherpa unleashed years of resentment on two renowned Western climbers, in a bloody fight that very easily could have ended in death.
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It's still ad-free and free to use while Sherpa looks for more users — but someday don't be surprised to see among suggestions of places to eat, a possible ad for a specific restaurant.
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Silicon Valley investor Shervin Pishevar, known for his early bet on Uber Technologies, said on Thursday that he would sever ties with his venture capital company, Sherpa Capital, after being accused of sexual misconduct.
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Jo Carole LauderHis Excellency Aurélien Lechevallier, Deputy Diplomatic Advisor, G7 and G20 Sherpa of the President of the RepublicThe Honorable Paul LePage, Governor of Maine and Ms. Lauren LePageThe Honorable Christopher Liddell and Mrs.
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Over the weekend, the New York Times reported that Uber's board has been approached by three potential investment proposals from Softbank, Dragoneer Investment Group and a consortium led by Shervin Pishevar of Sherpa Capital.
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Sherpa Capital is backed by prominent investors including TPG, and it has a partnership, Silicon Foundry, with Silicon Valley Bank, a financial institution that is deeply embedded in the start-up and venture worlds.
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Zendrive, a San Francisco startup that aims to improve car safety by offering analytics on how drivers are doing, has landed $13.5 million in fresh funding in a round led by Sherpa Capital's Shervin Pishevar.
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Both Chicago Ventures and Shasta Ventures were a part of today's round in addition to Fyrfly Venture Partners, Hunt Technology Ventures LP, LiveOak Venture Partners, Sherpa Asset Management AG and a number of prominent angels.
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Three Indian citizens, who all belonged to the same climbing group, one Australian, one Dutch citizen and one Sherpa died in the 2016 climbing season, said Gyanendra Shrestha of the Nepal Tourism Department's Mountaineering section.
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These days you can even have food (and anything you've forgotten — a phone charger or neck pillow, for example) delivered to your gate with apps like AtYourGate and Airport Sherpa, reports The New York Times.
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In addition to the automotive sector, Sherpa plans to target the home and mobile segments with its Platform APIs, and it has some deals specifically with other automotive companies and telecoms carriers in the works.
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I care deeply about the long term success of the firm and believe my decision to resign is the best decision in the interests of the Sherpa Capital family of team members, founders and LPs.
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Clete Willems, deputy director of the National Economic Council, has served as the lead trade negotiator, known as the "sherpa," for the U.S. at multilateral summits like the G-7 and G-20, among others.
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With Clovis Ochin as his sherpa, he ate, drank, and smoked his way through the 11th arrondissement of Paris like a bulldozer, with too many blunts, wines, little plates, and "oh la la's" to count.
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EVERETT EISSENSTAT, DEPUTY ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT FOR INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC POLICY Eissenstat serves as the "sherpa" negotiating on behalf of the United States at major international economic gatherings such as the G20 and G7 summits.
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That means close attention should be paid to the team assembled by the White House -- who the pick's "Sherpa" will be on the Hill, how initial meetings are set up, with who and when, etc.
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Sherpa, which previously filed a claim against Vinci that was dismissed by French prosecutors in February, said it had lodged a fresh complaint against the company in France, with new witness statements on alleged abuses.
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Levi's Vintage Clothing brings back a handful of styles ranging from exact replications of denim from 1947 to 1976 and workshirts from the 1950s to sherpa trucker jackets in denim and suede from the 1960s.
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"The softer Brexit is, the better it is for United Kingdom and for us because then they can keep the damage down," Elmar Brok, a Brexit Sherpa representing the European Parliament, told CNBC on Wednesday.
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I woke up and I asked the sherpa why it was happening and what caused it, and he explained it was because of the altitude and blood flow, and he said it was pretty common.
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Now one of the more interesting personal assistant apps created first for Spanish speakers is announcing funding: Sherpa, a personal assistant app based out of Spain, has raised $6.5 million in a Series A round.
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" Says another LP who, like the first, has stakes in a wide number of venture firms but not in DFJ or Sherpa: "Are some of these VCs forever unbackable, or unbackable until the dust settles?
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Vows 22015 Photos View Slide Show ' Aside from occupations like submarine crewman, Everest Sherpa or space-station astronaut, few professions would seem to lend themselves less to the daily duties of marriage than nightclub owner.
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Mingma Sherpa, the chairman of Seven Summit Treks, said his company would require climbers to prove that they had scaled at least one other peak higher than 6,000 meters (about 20,000 feet) before attempting Everest.
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Mr. Sherpa, who recalled similar episodes in 2017 that resulted in climber deaths, said it took the group an additional three hours to return to camp, a wait that he believes contributed to her death.
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Since 2009, the Bolloré Group has brought more than 20 defamation suits involving over 40 reporters and nongovernmental organization activists in France, according to Sherpa, a French anticorruption organization that pursues humanitarian abuses by corporations.
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Since Everest was first summitted by New Zealand beekeeper Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay in 1953, about 5,000 people have reached the top, but more than 300 people have died on its slopes.
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This 2017 season, a 20-year-old Sherpa guide lost 10 fingers to frostbite and almost died because his client (who had been kicked off his team because of poor climbing) refused to turn around.
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Photo: GettyFollowing a report that detailed numerous sexual harassment and assault allegations against Shervin Pishevar, the venture capitalist is taking a leave of absence from Virgin Hyperloop One and VC firms Sherpa Capital and Silicon Foundry.
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Joining us will be: Amanda Augustine, career advice expert for TopResume; Hannah Morgan, job search strategist and founder of Career Sherpa; Joshua Waldman author and CEO of Career Enlightenment; J.T. O'Donell, CEO and founder of Careerealism.
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The money comes in the form of equity and debt financing, with about half of the funding coming in an equity deal led by Sherpa Capital and the other half in debt financing from Triplepoint Capital.
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The 25-year-old had been working to fix a route about 150 meters below the summit when he fell, according to Mingma Sherpa, the Nepal rescue team leader who was at the Everest Base Camp.
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The 25-year-old had been working to fix a route about 150 meters near the summit when he fell, according to Mingma Sherpa, the Nepal rescue team leader who was at the Everest Base Camp.
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Cleaning campaign coordinator Nim Dorjee Sherpa, head of the village where Mount Everest is located, told Reuters two bodies were collected from the treacherous Khumbu Icefall and two from camp three site at the Western Cwm.
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Image 2 of 2 KATHMANDU, Nepal – A veteran Sherpa guide who scaled Mount Everest for a record 22nd time this past week has returned from the mountain and says he&aposs already planning his next trip.
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Scott Stanford is one of the legends in venture capital and I have the utmost admiration and respect and faith in his ability to continue to build Sherpa Capital into a world class venture capital firm.
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For instance Beepi, which promises shoppers the best price on cars it meticulously inspects and then delivers, has received $148.95 million in funding from investors including Redpoint Ventures, Foundation Capital, Sherpa Ventures and China's SAIC Motor.
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More humid air has helped ease the Dog Head fire in New Mexico while crews fighting the Sherpa fire in Southern California were able to make progress in their fight because forecasted heavy winds never materialized.
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At Salesforce, which is a founding member of Sherpa Foundry and one of the top five most active CVCs on the globe, each investment requires a business unit sponsor that commits to working with the startup.
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Kelly Ayotte, a well-liked member of the chamber who was defeated the previous November, served as Gorsuch's Sherpa, and the outside and inside team's responsible for shepherding the nomination were given high marks by Republicans.
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Stormy-Annika Mildner is the sherpa of the Business 20 (B20), the official engagement partner of the German G20 Presidency and the head of the External Economic Policy Department at the Federation of German Industries (BDI).
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These two studies obviously are small, tightly focused on athletes and, in the case of the Nepalese Sherpa, singular, so the results may not be meaningful for other pregnant women wondering how much they should exercise.
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He and his all-star Sherpa team call the mission Project Possible, with a goal of summiting all 275 of the world's peaks higher than 8,000 meters (a little more than 26,000 feet) in seven months.
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Sherpa and ActionAid France claim to have gathered evidence from a number of sources, including the NGO China Labor Watch, which they say infiltrated Samsung factories in China and South Korea to reveal human rights violations.
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Stormy-Annika Mildner is the sherpa of the Business 20 (B20), the official engagement partner of the German G20 Presidency and the head of the External Economic Policy Department at the Federation of German Industries (BDI).
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The 25-year-old had been working to fix a route about 150 meters near the summit when he fell Thursday, according to Mingma Sherpa, the Nepal rescue team leader who was at the Everest Base Camp.
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Goal Zero says a 2.4A charger will fully charge the Sherpa battery in about nine hours, whereas a 60W USB-C PD charger will charge it much faster, in as little as two and a half hours.
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A good Sherpa doesn't "boost" players, but instead acts as a more effective and personable form of the in-game Ghost character, gently guiding the player via friendly conversation and only offering direct combat support when necessary.
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"Our Members are some of the leading corporations in the world and we have seen firsthand how they unlock strategic value by leveraging their unique resources across portfolio networks," says Tina Sharkey, senior partner of Sherpa Foundry.
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PARIS (Reuters) - French construction firm Vinci on Thursday denied new allegations by human rights group Sherpa that it had violated the rights of migrant workers employed to build sites in Qatar for the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
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Hyperloop One, the brainchild of Elon Musk to transport people and goods across the country at 700 mph in a vacuum tube, has raised $073 million so far, largely backed by Shervin Pishevar's VC firm Sherpa Capital.
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The company had amassed $34.8 million from those pre-sales, as well as $15 million in investment from high-profile Silicon Valley firms including Spark Capital, SV Angel, High Line Venture Partners, Sherpa Capital and Slow Ventures.
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It just so happens that yours truly is going to be the Sherpa and we are going to devote both days, Kelly, we're going back to the old-time religion such as Reagan and Williamsburg in 1983.
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"We know it is extremely risky and difficult to climb Sagarmatha during the winter, but we are very well acclimatized and prepared for this," Sherpa told reporters, using the name by which Nepalis refer to Mount Everest.
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Jo Carole Lauder His Excellency Aurélien Lechevallier, Deputy Diplomatic Advisor, G7 and G20 Sherpa of the President of the Republic The Honorable Paul LePage, Governor of Maine and Ms. Lauren LePage The Honorable Christopher Liddell and Mrs.
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"Because of global warming, the ice sheet and glaciers are fast melting and the dead bodies that remained buried all these years are now becoming exposed," former Nepal Mountaineering Association President Ang Tshering Sherpa told the BBC.
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While the CEO and its venture capital investors stayed largely silent, its vendors cried out for an explanation and even protested outside the offices of Sherpa Capital, one of Munchery's backers, in search of answers and payments.
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"If you co-sign on a student loan to help your spouse get a lower interest rate, you are legally responsible for that debt even if you later get divorced," says Lux from The Student Loan Sherpa.
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Last month, Neurala got a big vote of confidence from investors for its strategy, securing millions in series A funding from Pelion Ventures, Sherpa Capital, Motorola Ventures, 360 Capital Partners, Draper Associates Investments, SK Ventures and Idinvest Partners.
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Available at L Train Vintage, these reworked Levi's (there's a few currently available online) come decorated with a dash of Sherpa, meaning I can wear cropped pants AND no socks and still have that extra layer of warmth.
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Several career experts joined us including: Amanda Augustine, career advice expert for TopResume; Hannah Morgan, job search strategist and founder of Career Sherpa; Joshua Waldman author and CEO of Career Enlightenment; J.T. O'Donell, CEO and founder of Careerealism.
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Ang Tshering Sherpa, chief of the Nepal Mountaineering Association, who is in touch with climbers at Base Camp, said in Kathmandu that, weather permitting, the route from the South Col to the summit would be fixed on Wednesday.
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"Because of global warming, the ice sheet and glaciers are fast melting and the dead bodies that remained buried all these years are now becoming exposed," Ang Tshering Sherpa, former president of the Nepal Mountaineering Association, told BBC.
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Carolan and embattled investor Shervin Pishevar, the former Menlo Ventures partner and founder of Sherpa Capital accused of sexual misconduct, secured Menlo a spot on Uber's cap table years ago when several firms were vying for a stake.
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Using estimates from air travel enthusiast site Sherpa Report, the RCMP incurred the highest costs with its planes that I identified, with a $69,000 CAD ($51,939 USD) price tag for 33 hours and six minutes of flight time.
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Pasang Phurba Sherpa, an official at Seven Summit Treks confirmed the deaths of Eric Arnold of the Netherlands and Maria Strydom of Australia, who were on the same expedition, and said both had been caused by altitude sickness.
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And other times, maybe more times, I am ashamed and confused that as a community, we keep failing to recognize that the rights of the Sherpa should be considered as critical to an expedition as the weather conditions.
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Sherpa guides on the Nepali side of the mountain have complained that the traffic jam at the last stretch of the climb, called "the death zone," has become the most serious problem for climbers in this spring season.
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A 44-year-old woman, Lhakpa Sherpa, who lives in Connecticut, in the United States, reached the top for the ninth time, breaking her own record of the most summits by a woman, her Nepali hiking company said.
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"Due to the impact of climate change and global warming, snow and glaciers are fast melting and dead bodies are increasingly being exposed and discovered by climbers," Ang Tshering Sherpa, former president of Nepal Mountaineering Association, told CNN.
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The team led by 34-year-old Tashi Lakpa Sherpa, an eight time Everest veteran, left Kathmandu for the mountain on Monday and aimed to reach the summit within five days instead of the more usual several weeks.
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As you browse the app, you can save to your "suitcase" photos of places you want to go, and, by doing so, Sherpa will begin to boost destinations related to those photos to personalize the content to your interests.
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"Eventually, every photo you see on Sherpa will be bookable, and you'll be able to search for trending hotels, or book the amazing off-the-beaten path trip that a travel photographer you follow has gone on," notes Aaron.
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Yul Kwon, who was Facebook's lead privacy sherpa (and—fun fact—also a Survivor winner), said the growth team was testing an update that wouldn't trigger Android's permissions request screen, meaning users wouldn't get the alert they might expect.
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On dealing with the climate crisis, the French sherpa presented what Macron hopes will be one of the main tangible outcomes of the summit: an initiative focused on improving the efficiency of refrigeration that aims to reduce hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs).
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So far, the so-called Sherpa Fire burning in chaparral and tall grass about 25 miles (26 km) northwest of Santa Barbara has led to the evacuation of hundreds of residents from ranches and campgrounds in the hilly area.
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Unless she's the anomaly, she's probably constantly begging to up the heat (everyone else in the house is sweating.) An electric blanket is an obvious fix, and this half faux mink, half Sherpa reversible one is the perfect partner.
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The Yeti became included in more serious Sherpa/Buddhist tradition about 20143 years ago, when a holy man named Sangwa Dorje took up residence in a cave near the remote village of Pangboche, which had clear view of Everest.
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Along the coast to the north, firefighters made steady progress in corralling the so-called Sherpa Fire, a seven-day old blaze northwest of Santa Barbara that has burned nearly 8,000 acres in an area of ranches and campgrounds.
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The lawyers for rights group Sherpa said a large part of the money went directly or indirectly into the pockets of Islamic State and that payments lasted until well after the closure of Lafarge's Jalabiya plant in September 2014.
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Accomplished mountaineers complain that a growing crowd of Instagram-conscious adrenaline junkies, many of them with little to no climbing experience, are putting at risk the lives of Nepali support staff, who typically come from the Sherpa ethnic group.
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The judges, who decide whether cases go to trial, are also examining a lawsuit by Sherpa, a French anti-corruption organization that pursues humanitarian abuses by corporations, on behalf of former employees alleging Lafarge was complicit in war crimes.
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Sherpa has also brought on a new advisor to join Jim Messina, of the Messina Group: Padmasree Warrior, the U.S. CEO of Chinese electric car company NextEV and the former CTO of Cisco, will be closely advising the firm.
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In 1973, while covering an expedition by a Japanese team that was trying to summit Everest from the Southwest Face for the first time, Ms. Hawley enlisted a Sherpa to befriend a runner hired by Japanese news media outlets.
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Born in South Korea, Ms. Lee grew up in Nepal, where her missionary parents translated the New Testament into the Sherpa language — a decades-long project that involved first creating a written alphabet for the previously spoken-only tongue.
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Ang Tshering Sherpa, the former head of the Nepal Mountaineering Association, said China applied pressure on the Nepal's government and an international climbing body to recognize 29,017 feet, the measurement from the rock base, as the mountain's new height.
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In a statement on Tuesday, Mr. Pishevar said he was taking a leave from Sherpa Capital, the venture firm he co-founded; the transportation company Virgin Hyperloop One, which he also helped found; as well as other company boards.
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"Due to the impact of climate change and global warming, snow and glaciers are fast melting and dead bodies are increasingly being exposed and discovered by climbers," Ang Tshering Sherpa, former president of Nepal Mountaineering Association, told CNN in March.
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The team behind Little Spoon consists of Muller as the "chief mom," CEO Ben Lewis, chief product officer Angela Vranich and CMO Lisa Barnett, who left her position as a partner with Sherpa Foundry to help co-found the company.
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Murray's research is in its infancy, but the ultimate goal is to develop a method—a pill, perhaps—that allows patients to become more Sherpa-like, and use what little oxygen they have more efficiently, thereby leading to better health outcomes.
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Sherpa Foundry — a three-year-old, San Francisco-based group that's among a growing number of outfits to help older and non-tech companies better understand how tech startups might help them — is looking to fold in some new customers.
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Hyperloop One paid about $400,000 for PR services between January 2015 and March 2016 to a woman who was the girlfriend of Shervin Pishevar, managing director of Sherpa Capital and co-founder and executive chairman of Hyperloop One, the lawsuit said.
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