sentences:  In the spring of 2002, he met the famous double amputee and high-altitude mountaineer/airline pilot Ed Hommer of Minnesota in Kathmandu as Ed returned from an attempt to climb of Mount Everest.They became friends and Ed invited Nawang to join him on his next Everest expedition which was planned for 2003.Unfortunately, Ed Hommer was killed by rockfall while training on Mount Rainier in the autumn of 2002.