Ming Kipa ( ne, मिङ किपा शेर्पा) (born 1988) is a
Nepal
Nepal (; ne, :ne:नेपाल, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne,
सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in S ...
ese
Sherpa Sherpa may refer to:
Ethnography
* Sherpa people, an ethnic group in north eastern Nepal
* Sherpa language
Organizations and companies
* Sherpa (association), a French network of jurists dedicated to promoting corporate social responsibility
* ...
woman who held the record as the youngest person to climb
Mount Everest
Mount Everest (; Tibetic languages, Tibetan: ''Chomolungma'' ; ) is List of highest mountains on Earth, Earth's highest mountain above sea level, located in the Mahalangur Himal sub-range of the Himalayas. The China–Nepal border ru ...
from 2003 to 2010. She reached the summit on May 22, 2003 when she was 15 years old,
with her brother Mingma Gyula and her sister
Lhakpa. Nepalese
law
Law is a set of rules that are created and are enforceable by social or governmental institutions to regulate behavior,Robertson, ''Crimes against humanity'', 90. with its precise definition a matter of longstanding debate. It has been vario ...
does not allow climbers under 16 to climb Everest, so Ming Kipa Sherpa summitted Everest from the Chinese side. Her record was broken in 2010 when
Jordan Romero reached the summit on May 22 of that year at the age of 13 years, 10 months. The previous record holder was
Temba Tsheri who climbed Everest at the age of 16 in 2001.
At the time of this record, 2003, about 1200 people had reached the summit of Mount Everest since 1953 with about 175 dying.
The Guardian - Mount Everest 50th Anniversary
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See also
*List of Mount Everest records
This article lists different records related to Mount Everest. One of the most commonly sought after records is a "summit", to reach the highest elevation point on Mount Everest.
Records
Highest number of times to reach the summit
Other ...
* Dicky Dolma
*Melissa Arnot
Melissa Arnot Reid (born December 18, 1983) is an American mountaineer. She has climbed to the summit of Mount Everest six times.
Life and career
Arnot was raised just outside Glacier National Park in Whitefish, Montana. After college, she began ...
* Shriya Shah-Klorfine
References
External links
The Guardian- Teenage girl conquers Everest, 50 years on - Luke Harding in New Delhi - Sunday 25 May 2003 06.58 EDT
1988 births
Living people
Nepalese mountain climbers
Sherpa summiters of Mount Everest
Nepalese Buddhists
Nepalese summiters of Mount Everest
Nepalese female mountain climbers
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