# Source: Apa Sherpa Foundation — Our Mission Page

**Type:** source
**Status:** Useful
**Confidence:** Medium
**Source Type:** official-page
**URL:** https://www.apasherpafoundation.org/who-we-are/our-mission/
**Publisher:** Apa Sherpa Foundation
**Retrieved:** 2026-08-12
**Raw:** raw/apa-sherpa-foundation-mission-page/2026-08-11-55835b16a9bf.txt
**Updated:** 2026-08-11
**Relates:** cites [Apa Sherpa Foundation](apa-sherpa-foundation.md) · https://greatutah.work/pages/apa-sherpa-foundation.md · https://www.apasherpafoundation.org/our-mission

## Summary

The foundation's mission page, naming Thame, Nepal as the starting point for its work.

## Useful Claims

- Mission quote: **"Without an education, we have no choice." – Apa Sherpa**
- The foundation's stated mission is to **empower individuals throughout the world to follow the example of Apa Sherpa in overcoming adversity**.
- Work begins in **Apa's home village in Thame, Nepal**, and expands outward from there.
- The page repeats the self-reported superlative that Apa Sherpa **"rose to become the greatest climber in the history of Mount Everest."**

## Verbatim

> "Without an education, we have no choice." – Apa Sherpa
> — Our Mission page, epigraph

> "Apa Sherpa Foundation's mission is to empower individuals throughout the world to follow the example of Apa Sherpa in overcoming adversity."
> — Our Mission page

> "The Apa Sherpa Foundation seeks to build on Apa's legacy by laying the foundations of strength, starting with where they live in Apa's home village in Thame, Nepal, and then outwards from there."
> — Our Mission page

## Reliability Notes

Self-reported tier. Thame is in Nepal's Khumbu/Everest region; the page does not use the word "Khumbu" or describe portering alternatives explicitly.

## Related Pages

- [Apa Sherpa Foundation](apa-sherpa-foundation.md)