Babu Chiri Sherpa

Babu Chiri Sherpa (22 June 1965 – 29 April 2001) was a Nepalese Sherpamountaineer. He reached the summit of Mount Everest ten times. He held two world records on Everest. He spent 21 hours on the summit of Mount Everest without auxiliary oxygen, a record which still stands, and he made the fastest ascent of Mount Everest in 16 hours and 56 minutes. An accomplished mountaineer, his life dream was to build schools in Nepal.