Pemba Doma Sherpa ( ne, पेम्बा डोमा शेर्पा) (7 July 1970 – 22 May 2007)
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to climb

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via its north face, was the second Nepali woman to summit from both the north and south faces, and is one of six women to have summited Everest twice. She was the leader of the 2002 Nepalese Woman Everest Expedition. Pemba Doma Sherpa climbed Cho Oyu from the Tibetan side on 28 Sep 2005. A resident of Namche-1 of

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district, Pemba Doma had been raised by her grandparents after her parents died when she was two. She attended classes in one of the schools built by

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. She was the founder of the Save the Himalayan Kingdom charity, which focused on educating Nepali children regardless of

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. She was also the director of the Climb High Himalaya trekking company."Famous female Nepal climber dead"
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'', 23 May 2007 Pemba Doma fell from an elevation of 8000 metres while descending

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. The fall was witnessed by Australian mountaineer Philip Ling who was also climbing the mountain. Two other

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s also perished while trailing a group of clients during a snowstorm.

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