Pasang Lhamu Sherpa

This article is about the first Nepali woman to top Mount Everest. For the 2016 Adventurer of the Year, see Pasang Lhamu Sherpa Akita.
པ་སངས་ལྷ་མོ་ཤར་པ།
Pasang Lhamu Sherpa
Statue of Pasang Lhamu Sherpa in Kathmandu
Personal information
NationalityNepali नेपाली
Born10 December 1961
Lukla, Solukhumbu district Nepal
Died22 April 1993 (aged 32)
Mount Everest, Nepal
Occupation(s)Mountaineer, Tour guide
Spouse
Lhakpa Sonam Sherpa
Children2 daughters (Dawa Futi Sherpa and Diki Sherpa) & 1 son (Namgyal Sherpa)
Climbing career
Type of climberMountaineer
Major ascentsFirst Nepalese female ascent Mount Everest −1993

Pasang Lhamu Sherpa (Sherpa: པ་སངས་ལྷ་མོ་ཤར་པ།, Nepali: पासाङ ल्हामु शेर्पा; 10 December 1961 – 22 April 1993) was the first Nepalese woman to climb the summit of Mount Everest.

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