“Every step is do [or] die. Every step is maybe we are alive or not alive,” says Mingma Sherpa. He's a former yak farmer who started as a porter, earning $1 a day carrying loads for foreigners. He then climbed, literally, to the ranks of Sherpa guide – a top job reserved for the strongest and most skilled. He now owns Seven Summit Treks, which is responsible for nearly a third of all Everest expeditions. #sherpa #mounteverest #everest #trekking #sherpa