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Temba Tsheri Sherpa ( ne, तेम्बा छिरी, born May 9, 1985) is a
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from Rolwaling Valley, Dolkha,
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. On May 23, 2001, at the age of 16 years, he became the youngest person to climb
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. The youth, who was still in school, lost five fingers to frostbite while attempting to climb from the south side in 2000. He made his successful ascent from the north side (Tibet) of Mount Everest in 2001. Temba was climbing with the International Everest Expedition. In an interview in 2015 he noted that he had lost friends, equipment and houses as a result of the 2015 Nepal earthquakes.


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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 ...
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List of world records from Nepal This is a list of world records created in Nepal or by Nepali citizen. References {{reflist World records Nepal Nepal (; ne, :ne:नेपाल, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne, सङ् ...
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Ming Kipa Ming Kipa ( ne, मिङ किपा शेर्पा) (born 1988) is a Nepalese Sherpa woman who held the record as the youngest person to climb Mount Everest from 2003 to 2010. She reached the summit on May 22, 2003 when she was 15 years old, ...
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Lhakpa Sherpa Lhakpa Sherpa (also Lakpa) ( ne, Lakhpa Sherpa; born 1973) is a Nepalese Sherpa mountain climber. She has climbed Mount Everest ten times, the most of any woman in the world. Her record-breaking tenth climb was on May 12, 2022, which she financ ...


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Kathmandu Post: ''When it comes rolling'' (Article written by Temba Tsheri Sherpa 29 May 2015)
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