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In this Friday, January 17, 2020, photo, a Nepalese woman speaks on a phone at Asian Trekking, a Nepal-based mountaineering company, in Kathmandu, Nepal. Once relegated to support staff, Nepalese climbers famous for their skills on the world's highest peaks are emerging out of the shadows of their Western peers and now dominate the lucrative industry in the Himalayan nation. Sherpa guides are now more educated, and have traveled farther than their predecessors, picking up business acumen and corporate endorsements. As a result, there are more Nepal-based companies globally, not just in Nepal, but also in China, India and Pakistan, which collectively boast the world's 14 highest peaks. (Photo by Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo)
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