The government on Sunday honoured nine Sherpa climbers who first stood atop the Mt Everest this season, amidst a function on the occasion of the ninth International Mt Everest Day.The Sherpas performed the job of rope fixation putting their lives in jeopardy and their achievement was reflected in the successful ascent of Mt Everest by more than 400 climbers in the spring season, according to Ang Tshering Sherpa, President of Nepal Mountaineering Association.Since 1921, more than a dozen expeditions had attempted to reach the peak of the 29,029-foot-high Mount Everest, but all had fallen short. In 1953, a British expedition led by Col. John Hunt set off with 14 climbers, 35 Nepalese Sherpas and more than 350 porters carrying some 18 tons of food and supplies.