<p>The Khumbu Climbing Center is located in the remote village of Phortse, as seen from Monjo with Ama Deblam (6,812 meters or 22,349 feet) in the background. Instructors fly from Kathmandu to the town of Lukla, where they hike for three days to reach the school.</p> <p>&lt;b&gt;Read about how Sir Edmund Hillary started a tradition of climbers giving back &amp;gt;&amp;gt;&lt;/b&gt;</p>

Phortse, Nepal

The Khumbu Climbing Center is located in the remote village of Phortse, as seen from Monjo with Ama Deblam (6,812 meters or 22,349 feet) in the background. Instructors fly from Kathmandu to the town of Lukla, where they hike for three days to reach the school.

<b>Read about how Sir Edmund Hillary started a tradition of climbers giving back &gt;&gt;</b>

Photograph by Lincoln Else

Khumbu Climbing Center Photos, Nepal

Located in Phortse, Nepal, a few days' trekking from Lukla, the Khumbu Climbing Center (KCC) provides Sherpas with top-notch mountaineering training. Their teachers are some of the world's most famous climbers—Conrad Anker, Pete Athans, Jon Krakauer, Jimmy Chin, Renan Ozturk, and Cory Richards. Since its first course of 34 students in 2003, more than 700 Sherpas have attended—and 26 are now qualified to teach. Read the story.

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