Kathmandu, June 23 -- Even as Mt Everest Day was marked in Nepal on 29 May, on the other side of the planet in the US state of Colorado, dozens of Nepalis who have climbed the world's highest peak multiple times were busy working as chefs and Uber drivers.

Danuru Sherpa's father was part of the 1953 expedition to Mt Everest that put Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay on the summit. He later climbed Kangchenjunga, Ama Dablam and Annapurna with Hillary's son, Peter.

Danuru grew up in this climbing family in Phortse with seven other siblings, and as a teenager became a high altitude porter and guide.

Sherpaland, Co. USA NT ROCKY MOUNTAIN HIGH: Danuru Sherpa, 46, was only 18 when he climbed Mt Everest for the first time in 1998. Since then ...