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A farmer-turned-mountain guide who recently became the first person to climb all of the world’s 14 highest peaks two times is deciding whether he should retire, Associated Press reported.

“I think I want to quit climbing high mountains and travel to foreign countries as a tourist for a while,” Sanu Sherpa said Friday in Nepal’s capital, Kathmandu.

Sherpa, 47, recently returned to Nepal after completing his second round of all 14 peaks over the height of 8,000 meters (26,240 feet). He has scaled Mount Everest seven times.

He began mountain climbing later than most people in his community. His first successful climb was in 2006, when he scaled Mount Cho Oyu at age 31. It was only a year after he began working in mountaineering, carrying supplies and climbing gear on his back to the mountains and helping out in the base camp kitchen.

Until then, he had worked in his remote mountain village growing potatoes, corn and wheat and helping his parents graze yaks.

He said he watched as some men from his village worked a few months in mountaineering and came back with good clothes and money, while he struggled on the farm and didn’t make enough to support his family.

He decided to leave his plow and farm tools behind and head to the nearest mountain to work as a porter.

He was the first of his nine siblings to take up mountaineering as a career, but was soon joined by his two other brothers. His only son, who is now in college, has gone to the lower reaches of mountains with his father but does not want to follow his footsteps, according to Associated Press.

Sherpa has climbed peaks over 8,000 meters a total of 37 times and has been involved in high-altitude rescues as well as the recovery of dead climbers.

“When rescuing, I get the thought that someday I could also be in the same situation, and I get scared. But I continued to climb because it is only as a Sherpa guide that I can get employment,” he told The Associated Press. “We do not have other skills or education to get any other work.”

He has become one of the most sought-after mountain guides since setting the new mountaineering record, but said he is thinking about quitting because his family does not want him to continue taking the risk.

“I am receiving lots of offers now from foreign clients who say they will give me very good money to guide them to the mountain peaks, but I have not replied,” he said.

Two persons including a policeman were injured when a group of dacoits, who came to rob an industry, and police personnel exchanged fire at Bhaluhi in Jitpur-23 of Bara district on Saturday. Sub-Inspector Kamal Bahadur Shahi of the Area Police Office, Jitpur was injured when the dacoits attacked him with an iron rod. Shahi, who sustained a deep cut on his head, is undergoing treatment at the Birgunj Health Care Hospital in Birgunj. Based on information that Aerotech Pvt Ltd is being robbed, a police team reached the site. However, the robbers attacked them with rods and also fired a round of bullets, DSP Hobindra Bogati of the District Police Office, Bara said. The police team also fired three rounds of bullets in retaliation, he said. Police said that they have apprehended two persons involved in the robbery. Police have also recovered a home-made pistol, a loaded gun and three rounds of bullet from their possession. Among the arrestees, one was injured in police firing. He is receiving treatment at the Simara-based Alpine Hospital, DSP Bogati said. He said that a group of 12 to 13 persons had barged into the industry last night. Police said that they are looking into the case.

An 18-year-old woman of Biratnagar Metropolitan City-14 was returning home after celebrating her birthday on Thursday. The program to celebrate the birth anniversary was organized at a hotel in Biratnagar. After the birthday party, one of her friends said that he will drop her home. But, she could not reach home safely. She was gang raped on her own birthday. A group of people intercepted a motorbike she was riding pillion at Mahato Tole in Jatuwa of Biratnagar-14. They, under the influence of alcohol, took both the rider and the pillion rider under control and started beating them. DSP Deepak Shrestha of the District Police Office, Morang, said that the incident occurred at 9: 45 pm. The rider somehow managed to escape from them. The same group, however, raped the woman, DSP Shrestha said. The youth reached a village and asked help from the villagers. Later, those who were involved in the heinous crime fled the scene after the locals started gathering in the village. Police said that the motorbike rider sustained injuries on his head and face among other parts of the body. The woman also sustained injuries on various parts of her body. Both of them are undergoing treatment at the Biratnagar-based Koshi Hospital. Police said that they have arrested a person involved in the crime. The suspect has been identified as Santosh Mandal (29) of Biratnagar-14. DSP Shrestha said that they are searching for other people involved in the incident.

Four Nepalis passengers were killed while 14 others suffered injuries when a speeding truck rammed into a stationary double decker bus from behind on Bahraich highway near Mahngupur village under Rampur police station limits in Barabanki district early on Saturday. The injured included two minors, three women and nine men, Hindustan Times reported. Barabanki additional superintendent of police (ASP) Purnendu Singh said the incident occurred when the tyre of the bus carrying around 60 passengers got punctured and the driver was changing it at around 3.30 am. The bus was heading from Nepal to Panjim (Panaji), Goa. He said three deceased were identified as Prem Tharu, Sheetal Tharu and Chakra Bahadur Bali while the identity of the fourth one was yet to be ascertained. He said eight injured passengers were undergoing treatment at Barabanki district hospital while six critically injured ones were admitted to trauma centre of King George’s Medical University (KGMU) in Lucknow, according to Hindustan Times. The ASP said the remaining passengers were made to stay at a roadside eatery where police made food and other arrangements for them. He said the administration was making arrangements to send the survivors back to Nepal.