These are the two little angels that made leaving Nepal even more difficult. Sonam, on the right, is Gombu and Sumi's daugther whom they adopted when she was born in Kathmandu. They then left her with Gombu's sister for seven years while they worked in New York. Parlima joined the family two months ago. She's a Rai (vs. Sherpa) from the hills of eastern Nepal. Her father, whom Gombu knows from his climbing days, asked Gombu and Sumi to take Parlima because he had too many mouths to feed. Her hair Sumi finally had to shave because of the large amount of creatures tangled inside.
