Ang Tshering (or Ang Tsering) (1905 – May 22, 2002) was a Nepalese

Sherpa SHERPA (Securing a Hybrid Environment for Research Preservation and Access) is an organisation originally set up in 2002 to run and manage the SHERPA Project. History SHERPA began as an endeavour to support the establishment of a number of open ...

known for his participation in the 1924 British Mount Everest expedition and the

1934 Nanga Parbat climbing disaster The 1934 Nanga Parbat climbing disaster resulted in the loss of 10 lives on Nanga Parbat, the world's ninth-highest mountain and one of the 14 eight-thousanders. The disaster, which happened during the 1934 climbing season, included nine climber ...

. Tshering was born in

Thame, Nepal Thame () and its neighbouring Thameteng (upper Thame) are small Sherpa villages in Namche VDC of the Solukhumbu District in Nepal. These were the last year-round villages on the salt trading route that existed between Tibet, Nepal and India. Tha ...

in 1905, and worked as a sherpa from 1924 to 1975. He worked as a sherpa for the British expedition to

Mount Everest Mount Everest (), known locally as Sagarmatha in Nepal and Qomolangma in Tibet, is Earth's highest mountain above sea level. It lies in the Mahalangur Himal sub-range of the Himalayas and marks part of the China–Nepal border at it ...

. He was paid "Twelve annas, that's three-quarters of a rupee." During the Nanga Parbat expedition, he spent seven or nine days in the storm until he reached Camp One, and then was able to alert the Germans about the disaster in which three German mountaineers, , and Willy Merkl, as well as six

Sherpas The Sherpa people () are one of the Nepalese ethnic groups native to the most mountainous regions of Nepal, India, and the Tibetan Autonomous Region of China. The majority of Sherpas live in the eastern regions of Nepal, namely the Solukhum ...

, died. He worked as a sherpa for the

1965 Indian Everest Expedition The 1965 Indian Everest Expedition reached the summit of Mount Everest on 20 May 1965. It was the first successful scaling of the mountain by an Indian climbing expedition. After the first conquest of Mount Everest in 1953 by the New Zealan ...

. In 1935, Ang Tshering was awarded the German Red Cross Medal for his bravery and dedication to duty in the 1934 Nanga Parbat climbing disaster. He was also awarded a

Tiger Badge The Tiger Badge was awarded to experienced climbing porters by the Himalayan Club so that "the better Sherpas should be in some way distinguished and rewarded by higher rates of pay". Each bronze badge displays a Tiger’s head in relief with a peak ...

by the

Himalayan Club The Himalayan Club is an organization founded in India in 1928 along the lines of the Alpine Club (UK), Alpine Club. The stated mission of the organization was "to encourage and assist Himalayan travel and exploration, and to extend knowledge of ...

, his 'Himalayan Club Number' was 36. He is not the Ang Tsering who worked as a sherpa for

Junko Tabei was a Japanese mountaineer, author, and teacher. She was the first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest and ascend the Seven Summits, climbing the highest peak on every continent. Tabei wrote seven books, organized environmental project ...

on her historic climb of Everest, when she became the first woman to summit the mountain, as Tabei's memoir clearly states that the Ang Tsering she summited Everest with in 1975 was the twenty-seven year old brother-in-law of their government liaison officer Lhakpa Tenzing.

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Sherpa people People from Solukhumbu District 1905 births 2002 deaths Nepalese mountain climbers Recipients of Himalayan Club Tiger Badge {{Nepal-bio-stub