 Phurba Tashi retired from climbing Everest after the 2014 season but, "Everest Yak" as he is known, was the head Sherpa for Himalayan Experience/Himex, an Everest climbing company as of 2015.However, the 2015 season was cancelled due to avalanches in the wake of the April 2015 Nepal earthquake.Phurba Tashi's life was changed again by the 2015 earthquake that also affected his village of Khumjung.