Kancha Sherpa, the last surviving member of the expedition team led by Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay Sherpa to climb Mount Everest in 1953, died last week at the age of 92. He spent his final days in his ancestral home in Namche Bazaar, Kathmandu, the gateway to Everest, whose summit is the highest point on earth, and was laid to rest with Nepal's state honors earlier this week. On Wednesday afternoon's Classical Music with Foley Schuler, we'll honor the legendary mountaineer with the great work of Alan Hovhaness, his Symphony No. 2 "Mysterious Mountain," as well as several other pieces inspired by mountains and mountain-climbing.
You can hear Foley Schuler's musical selections—and stories behind the music—every weekday afternoon from 1 until 4 on Blue Lake Public Radio.
