Pasang Lhamu Sherpa
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Mountaineer | |
| Born | 10 December 1961 Lukla, Solukhumbu district Nepal |
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| Died | 22 April 1993 (aged 32) Mount Everest, Nepal |
| Nationality | Nepali नेपाली |
| Career | |
| Starting age | 15 years |
| Starting discipline | Mountaineer/Sherpa |
| Notable ascents | First Nepalese female ascent Mount Everest −1993 |
| Family | |
| Spouse | Lhakpa Sonam Sherpa [1] |
| Children | 2 daughters (Dawa Futi Sherpa and Diki Sherpa) & 1 son (Namgyal Sherpa) |
Pasang Lhamu Sherpa (
She was born in a mountaineering family and was involved in climbing from her teens. She had successfully climbed
The morning of April 22, 1993 was bright and clear, and remained so until Pasang reached the top of the 8,848 m. peak with five Sherpas, Sonam Tshering Sherpa, Lhakpa Norbu Sherpa, Pemba Dorje Sherpa and Dawa Tashi Sherpa. Meanwhile, a member of the team and five-time Everest summitter Sonam Tshering Sherpa got seriously sick at south summit and, despite Pasang Lhamu's efforts to help, did not survive his illness. While descending from the summit, the weather, as often happens in the mountains, suddenly turned bad, causing her to lose her own life on the south summit.[2] Vladas Vitkauskas helped move her body down the mountain.
For achieving what no other Nepalese woman had achieved before her, Pasang Lhamu was posthumously honored by her country and mountaineers all around the world in various ways. She was the very first woman to be decorated with the "Nepal Tara (Star)" by the
See also
- List of climbers
- List of Mount Everest records
- List of 20th-century summiters of Mount Everest
- Shriya Shah-Klorfine (A Nepali-born Woman who also died on descent, in 2012)
- Lhakpa Sherpa (Nepali born woman with 10 Everest summits)
References
- ^ "Pasang Lhamu Sherpa". Pragatipath1.wordpress.com. March 18, 2012. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
- ^ "Pasang Lhamu Sherpa: Inspiring the next generation of Nepali | Features | ECSNEPAL - The Nepali Way". Ecs.com.np. Retrieved 2016-12-09.
External links
- Pasang Lhamu Sherpa
- Pasang Lhamu Foundation
- Short biography with photo
- The postage stamp
- Pasang: In the Shadow of Everest Movie
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