Ming Kipa () (born 1988) is a

Nepal Nepal, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mainly situated in the Himalayas, but also includes parts of the Indo-Gangetic Plain. It borders the Tibet Autonomous Region of China Ch ...

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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 ...

woman who held the record as the youngest person to climb

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 ...

from 2003 to 2010. She reached the summit on May 22, 2003 when she was 15 years old, with her brother Mingma Gyula and her sister Lhakpa. Nepalese

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does not allow climbers under 16 to climb Everest, so Ming Kipa Sherpa summitted Everest from the Chinese side. Her record was broken in 2010 when Jordan Romero reached the summit on May 22 of that year at the age of 13 years, 10 months. The previous record holder was Temba Tsheri who climbed Everest at the age of 16 in 2001. At the time of this record, 2003, about 1200 people had reached the summit of Mount Everest since 1953 with about 175 dying.The Guardian - Mount Everest 50th Anniversary
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The Guardian- Teenage girl conquers Everest, 50 years on - Luke Harding in New Delhi - Sunday 25 May 2003 06.58 EDT
1988 births Living people Nepalese mountain climbers Sherpa summiters of Mount Everest Nepalese Buddhists Nepalese summiters of Mount Everest Nepalese female mountain climbers {{climbing-bio-stub

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