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The C-23 " Sherpa ", a small prop driven transport plane, also flew out of the Air Base in the 1980s.
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H Company flies the Short C-23 Sherpa to support time sensitive, mission critical cargo delivery to the warfighter.
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In the 1970s, Shorts entered the feederliner market with the Shorts 330, a stretched modification of the Skyvan, called the C-23 Sherpa in USAF service, and another stretch resulted in the more streamlined Shorts 360, in which a more conventional central fin superseded the older H-profiled twin fins.
* Shorts C-23 Sherpa ( 1985 )
37 Soldiers from the 57 < sup > th </ sup > EN CO exited a C-23 Sherpa over Luzon Tree Drop Zone, located in Fort Bragg, NC.
CPT Shean was the only Rough Terrain paratrooper to exit the C-23 Sherpa twice.
* Short C-23 Sherpa, a military variant of the Short 330 cargo aircraft, first flight was in 1982
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Planetary was previewed in issue # 33 of Gen¹³ and issue # 6 of C-23, both dated September 1998.
Egale successfully lobbied for the introduction and passage of Bill C-23, which amended 68 federal statutes to provide same-sex couples with the same legal status as that of opposite-sex married couples.
In July 2005, Bill C-23, an Act to establish the Department of Human Resources and Skills Development and Bill C-22, an Act to establish the Department of Social Development and repeal the Department of Human Resources Development was given Royal Assent in Canadian Parliament.
The major one is pentadecanoic acid ( C-15, 21. 9 %) and others are tricosylic acid ( C-23, 5. 7 %), tridecylic acid ( C-13, 1. 9 %), undecylic acid ( C-11, 3. 1 %) and pelargonic acid ( C-9, 0. 1 %).
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Sherpa ( Tibetan: ཤར ་ པ ། " eastern people ", from shar " east " + pa " people ") are an ethnic group from the most mountainous region of Nepal, high in the Himalayas.
As the time passed the " Shyar Khamba ", inhabitants of shyar Khumbu, were called as Sherpa.
Among his notable creations were " The Sherpa from Intimida, A Mighty Big Car ", an SUV that is so large it affected the weather, and Genway, " the supermarket for genetically engineered foods.
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Ang Rita, a Sherpa born in 1948 in small village called Yillajung in Khumbu know in sherpa or Tibetan Shar-Khumbu eastern Nepal infarming family.
Noted mountaineer and mountain writer H. Adams Carter was also on the expedition, which was notable for its small scale and lightweight ethic: it included only seven climbers, and used no fixed ropes, nor any Sherpa support above.
The company also sold a small commercial vehicle called the Sherpa, which was a badge-engineered Ligier X-Pro.
Pem Dorjee Sherpa was born in 1982 in a small, remote village south of Mt.
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I've also run it in Sherpa, which is oddly evocative of the original rules.
Devanāgarī is also employed for Bhojpuri, Gujari, Pahari, ( Garhwali and Kumaoni ), Konkani, Magahi, Maithili, Marwari, Bhili, Newari, Santhali, Tharu, and sometimes Sindhi, Dogri, Sherpa and by Kashmiri-speaking Hindus.
The broader area of ethnic Tibet also includes to the east, parts of the Chinese provinces of Sichuan, Gansu and Yunnan ; to the west, the Indian regions of Ladakh, Lahul and Spiti and the Baltistan region of Pakistan ; to the south, Bhutan, Sikkim, parts of northern Nepal, the Mustang, Dolpo, Sherpa and Tamang regions of eastern Nepal and the extreme north-west of Assam.
They also won the Sherpa Van Trophy, beating Burnley 2 – 0 at Wembley Stadium in front of more than 80, 000 spectators – well over half of them Wolves fans.
In addition to Buddha and the great Buddhist divinities, the Sherpa also believe in numerous deities and demons who inhabit every mountain, cave, and forest.
Many Sherpa people also now wear ready-made western clothing.
Closer to Tibet, the Bhutias ( also spelt Bhotias ), akin to the Sherpa group, of Tibetan ethnicity dominate the scene as can be discerned from their flat roofed houses, and they are distinctly Buddhists.
The railway station is also a bus interchange used by the Snowdonia National Park Sherpa bus services to Capel Curig, Pen-y-Gwryd, Pen-y-Pass, Beddgelert, Porthmadog, Tryfan and Bethesda.
The Subaru Rex, also known as Ace, Viki, Sherpa, 500 / 600 / 700, Mini Jumbo or M60 / M70 / M80 in various export markets, is a kei class automobile produced from 1972 to 1992 mainly for sale in Japan by Subaru, although it was also sold in Europe, South America, and the Caribbean.
He also scored freely in the cups, scoring four against Port Vale in the Sherpa Van Trophy and then against Bristol City in the same competition.
Viesturs also has summitted Mount Everest seven times, a feat that has been surpassed by a number of Sherpas ( Apa Sherpa in the lead with 21 summits ), and two western climbers: Gheorghe Dijmarescu ( 9 ), and Dave Hahn ( 13 ).< ref >
There was also a diesel version of this capacity, used in the Leyland Sherpa van, and built under license in Turkey for many years.
The Bhotiya are also related to the Ngalop, the main ethno-linguistic group of Bhutan speaking Dzongkha, as well as several dispersed groups in Nepal and adjacent areas of India including Tibetans proper, Sherpa, and many others.
There is also a car park at the foot of the Llanberis Pass at Nant Peris as well as others in Llanberis village and there is a park and ride bus service to Pen-y-pass car park, which is the hub of the year round Sherpa bus service provided by Arriva Buses Wales and Padarn Bus.
Losar is also celebrated by Yolmo, Sherpa, Tamang, Bhutia and also in Bhutan, although different regions in the country have their own respective new year.
Chhaang or chang () ( Nectar of gods ) is a Tibetan / Sherpa / Limbu / Newari alcoholic beverage also popular in parts of eastern Himalayas.
Sherpa may also refer to:
She is also the first woman to be married at the summit by marrying her climbing partner Pem Dorjee Sherpa.
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In UK cave diving, the term " Sherpa " is used without a drop of irony for the people who carry the diver's gear although recently this has gone out of fashion ; support is now more normally used, and before the development of SCUBA equipment such undertakings could be monumental operations.
' Whatever the merits and qualifications of these leaders, no one can seriously believe that these assets were paid for out of their salaries ', alleges the lawsuit brought by the Sherpa association of jurists, which promotes corporate social responsibility.
Tabei lost consciousness for approximately six minutes until her Sherpa guide dug her out.
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* 1953 – Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay become the first people to reach the summit of Mount Everest, on Tenzing Norgay's ( adopted ) 39th birthday.
* 2001 – Mountain climbing: 15-year-old Sherpa Temba Tsheri becomes the youngest person to climb to the top of Mount Everest.
The Sherpa people of Nepal and Sikkim call it ye niglva ponva and wah donka.
* Bun Manchi-Nepali for " jungle man " that is used outside Sherpa communities where yeti is the common name.
According to Whillans, while scouting for a campsite, he heard some odd cries which his Sherpa guide attributed to a Yeti's call.
* Charles Stonor, The Sherpa and the Snowman, recounts the 1955 Daily Mail " Abominable Snowman Expedition " by the scientific officer of the expedition, this is a very detailed analysis of not just the " Snowman " but the flora and fauna of the Himalaya and its people.
The Sherpa people of Nepal have established a reputation as mountaineering porters, and are considered indispensable for the highest Himalayan expeditions.
Most Sherpa people live in Nepal's eastern regions ; however, some live farther west in the Rolwaling valley and in the Helambu region north of Kathmandu.
The Sherpa language belongs to the south branch of the Tibeto-Burman languages.
With a population of about 2500 Sherpas, New York City has the largest Sherpa Community in the U. S. A.
The Sherpa were nomadic people and then primarily settled in the Solukhumbu District ( khumbu ) district and then gradually moved further westward.
In oral history, four groups migrated at different times giving rise to four main Sherpa clans, Minyagpa, Thimmi, Sertawa and Chawa.
About 1840 Sherpa ancestors migrated from Kham.
Sherpa migrants traveled through Ü and Tsang, before crossing the Himalaya.
By the 1800s, Khumbu Sherpa people maintained autonomy within the newly formed Nepali state.
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