Japanese alpinist Ken Noguchi donated $100,000 on behalf of the Japanese public to Nepal on Monday to help the families of Sherpas who die in avalanches and other accidents while climbing Mt. Everest.
Ang Tshering Sherpa, president of the Nepal Mountaineering Association, said the association will add a matching sum to set up a basket relief fund for Nepal's professional mountaineering guides.
Noguchi, who in 1999 became at the age of 25 the youngest person at the time to have conquered seven major peaks around the world, told reporters in Katmandu that the money was collected from Japanese who love Nepal.