Temba Tsheri Sherpa (; born May 9, 1985) is a

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 ...

from Rolwaling Valley, Dolkha,

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 ...

. On May 23, 2001, at the age of 16 years, he became 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 ...

. The youth, who was still in school, lost five fingers to frostbite while attempting to climb from the south side in 2000. He made his successful ascent from the north side (Tibet) of Mount Everest in 2001. Temba was climbing with the International Everest Expedition. In an interview in 2015 he noted that he had lost friends, equipment and houses as a result of the 2015 Nepal earthquakes.

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Kathmandu Post: ''When it comes rolling'' (Article written by Temba Tsheri Sherpa 29 May 2015)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Tsheri, Temba 1985 births Living people People from Dolakha District Sherpa summiters of Mount Everest Nepalese summiters of Mount Everest Nepalese mountain climbers Nepalese Buddhists

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