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Tashi Lakpa Sherpa

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Tashi Lakpa Sherpa
Tashi Lakpa Sherpa
Personal information
Born (1985-11-18) 18 November 1985 (age 39)[1]
Makalu, Nepal
NationalityNepalese
Family
RelativesChhang Dawa Sherpa & Mingma Sherpa (brothers) Nima Rinji (Son)

Tashi Lakpa Sherpa (Nepali: टासी लाक्पा शेर्पा)(born 1985) in Makalu Region, Sankhuwasabha District) is a Nepalese mountaineer who climbed Mount Everest eight times, Cho Oyu twice and other 7000 metre and 6000 metre peaks. He has also climbed the Seven Summits. Everest, Denali, Elbrus, Kilimanjaro Aconcagua, Vinson and Kosciuszko.[2]

Tashi Lakpa Sherpa is a Guinness World Records holder titled "The youngest person to climb Everest without the use of supplementary oxygen". In 2005 at the age of 19 Sherpa climbed the highest peak without using supplementary oxygen.[3] Tashi and his team tried the rarest climb of Mt. Everest in Winter in 2019, though could not reach above Camp III 7300m of Everest via South Side.[4][5]

Early life

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Born and raised in remote village named Nurbuchour (Makalu) of Sankhuwasabha District, Sherpa spent his earlier days as a herdsman grazing the sheep, goats and yaks in the yards and the forest. When he was 16, he came to the capital city, Kathmandu, took basic wall and rock climbing trainings. In 2004 Tashi climbed Mt. Everest as his first mountain to climb and also the first 8000ers. Then he joined climbing activities along with his two brothers Chhang Dawa and Mingma Sherpa.

8000m and other mountains climbed by Tashi Lakpa

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S.No. Peak Height Years
1 Everest 8848m 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 (twice), 2010 (twice), 2011, 2021[6][7]
2 Cho Oyu 8188m 2006, 2011
3 Ama Dablam 6814m 2005, 2009 (twice), 2013 & 2020
4 Manaslu 8163m 2020[8]


Seven Summits by Tashi Lakpa Sherpa

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S.no Name of Peak Year
1 Mount Everest (8848 m) 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 (twice), 2010 (twice), 2011, 2021[9][10][11]
2 Aconcagua (6961m) 2020 (Jan), 2020 (Feb) [12][13]
3 Denali (6194m) 2017[14]
4 Kilimanjaro (5859m) 2017[15]
5 Mount Elbrus (5642m) 2017 [16]
6 Mount Vinson (4892m) 2022 (Jan), 2023 (Jan)[17][18]
7 Puncak Jaya / Carstenz (4884m) 2024 (Oct)[19][20]

Pole Explorer

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S.no Degree Year
1 South Pole 2022(Jan)[21][22]

References

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  1. ^ https://english.metakhabar.com/?p=7701
  2. ^ https://www.sevensummittreks.com/team/bod/tashi-lakpa-sherpa
  3. ^ http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/385539-youngest-person-to-climb-everest-without-bottled-oxygen
  4. ^ "Nepal's Sherpa climbers to make rare winter ascent of Everest".
  5. ^ "Snowfall ends rare winter ascent of Everest by Nepal sherpas". 28 February 2020.
  6. ^ https://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/bahrain-prince-other-scale-everest
  7. ^ https://myrepublica.nagariknetwork.com/news/bahrain-prince-and-expedition-team-successfully-climb-mt-lobuche/?categoryId=81
  8. ^ https://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/bahrain-prince-record-holding-sherpas-climb-mt-manaslu
  9. ^ https://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/bahrain-prince-other-scale-everest
  10. ^ https://myrepublica.nagariknetwork.com/news/bahrain-prince-and-expedition-team-successfully-climb-mt-lobuche/?categoryId=81
  11. ^ https://www.sevensummittreks.com/team/bod/tashi-lakpa-sherpa
  12. ^ https://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/nepali-climbers-scale-mt-aconcagua-promoting-visit-nepal-2020
  13. ^ https://explorersweb.com/lobuche-success-death-and-rescue-in-shimshal/
  14. ^ https://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/nepali-climber-dies-mt-denali
  15. ^ https://www.sevensummittreks.com/team/bod/tashi-lakpa-sherpa
  16. ^ https://www.sevensummittreks.com/team/bod/tashi-lakpa-sherpa
  17. ^ https://highlightstourism.com/2023/01/08/tasi-lakpa-sherpas-second-ascent-of-mt-vinson/
  18. ^ "Three Nepali Sherpa brothers successfully scale Mt Vinson in Antarctica | Mt Everest Today". 14 January 2022. Archived from the original on 27 September 2022. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
  19. ^ https://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/sst-founders-complete-7-summits-scaling-carstensz-pyramid
  20. ^ https://www.mountainblog.it/redazionale/i-fondatori-di-seven-summit-treks-completano-le-seven-summits/
  21. ^ "Three Sherpa brothers become first Nepalis to set foot on South Pole, Mt Vinson next".
  22. ^ https://www.voanews.com/a/sherpa-siblings-aim-for-explorers-grand-slam/6408682.html