Super sherpa 'hated climbing'

A sherpa who has made it to the summit of Everest a record 21 times has hung up his trekking boots, and revealed that he has always hated climbing.
Despite never wanting to reach the summit, Apa Sherpa holds an invincible record and led the first-ever expedition across the 1,700km Great Himalayan Trail last year.
Sixty years after Sir Edmund Hilary and Tenzing Norgay first summited Sagarmatha, the 51-year-old 'Super Sherpa' has been awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Utah for his dedication to the mountain.
Apa's overwhelming life achievements began when he escaped death from an avalanche that flung him from his mother's arms down a Himalayan ice ledge at just two months old.
His faints cries were heard by his mother and he made a miraculous recovery -- he has had a special connection with the mountain range ever since but never intended to climb Everest's 8,848 metres.
Since then he has become the only man in history to reach the top of the world 21 times. Ironically, summiting Everest was never a goal for Apa.
At 12 years old he began working as an expedition porter to earn money following the death of his father.
Trekkers immediately noticed the child who, despite his exceedingly small stature, carried loads greater than his own weight with strength, quickness and a wide smile.