Pemba Dorje Sherpa is a

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from Beding, Rolwaling Valley, Dolkha, Nepal. He claims to have made the fastest ever ascent of

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on 21 May 2004, taking eight hours and ten minutes. The record was confirmed by Nepal's tourism ministry. His record has now been rejected by the Nepal Supreme Court, the Nepal Ministry of Tourism, and ''

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.'' His record was also stripped by the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation. Kamal Singh previously set a record for the fastest summit of 12 hours and 45 minutes in 2003, only to see it broken by Lakpa Gelu Sherpa three days later who set a new record of 10 hours 56 minutes.

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