KATHMANDU : Nepalese mountain climbers pose in front of the statues of New Zealander Edmund Hillary, and his Sherpa guide Tenzing Norgay during a function organized to mark Everest Day in Kathmandu, Nepal, Tuesday, May 29, 2018. Nepal has honored several Sherpa guides for their own Everest successes on the anniversary of the first conquest of the world’s highest peak. (AP/PTI)