Like the Sherpa Tenzing Norgay (6)

I believe the answer is:

nepali

(Other definitions for nepali that I've seen before include "Native of one Himalayan state" , "Kathmandu native" , "Language of Kathmandu" , "Mountain-dweller" , "Asian national" .)

I've seen this clue in the Universal.

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