Sherpa widows breaking down taboos as they eye Everest For generations climbing has been firmly the realm of men among the legendary Sherpas of Nepal, tradition dictating women care for the home while their husbands conquer the Himalayan peaks. But that convention is being challenged by two Sherpa women attempting to summit Everest, and force a rethink about the role of widows in their conservative community, after their husbands died on the world's highest mountain. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES