The updated Google Maps let you "trek" Mount Everest from the comfort of your laptop, as Google's service launches new Street Views of the Khumbu valleys in Nepal. Apa Sherpa is a Sherpa mountaineer who holds the world record for reaching the summit of Mount Everest 21 times-more than any other person. In 2009, Apa founded the Apa Sherpa Foundation, a nonprofit that works to provide better educational and economic opportunities to the young people of the Khumbu region. In March 2014, Apa Sherpa, Google Earth Outreach, and the Nepalese nonprofit Story Cycle, embarked on a 10-day trek through the Khumbu region, supporting local people to enhance the digital representations of their communities on Google Maps.

"I guided the Google Maps team through my home region to collect Street View imagery that improves the map of our community. Now you can find Thame on the map and explore other communities nestled at the base of Everest, like Khumjung and Phortse," says Apa Sherpa in a blog.

Monasteries, lodges and schools have all been captured and Apa says you might even see some yaks along the way.