Tashi Lakpa Sherpa Explained

Tashi Lakpa Sherpa
Birth Date:[1]
Birth Place:Makalu, Nepal
Nationality:Nepalese
Relatives:Chhang Dawa Sherpa & Mingma Sherpa (brothers) Nima Rinji (Son)
Known For:Youngest person to climb Mt. Everest without use of supplementary oxygen.[2]

Tashi Lakpa Sherpa (ne| 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.[3]

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.[4] 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.[5] [6]

Early life

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

S.No. Peak Height Years
1 Everest 8848m 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 (twice), 2010 (twice), 2011, 2021[7] [8]
2 Cho Oyu 8188m 2006, 2011
3 Ama Dablam 6814m 2005, 2009 (twice), 2013 & 2020
4 Manaslu 8163m 2020[9]

Seven Summits by Tashi Lakpa Sherpa

S.noName of PeakYear
1Mount Everest (8848 m) 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 (twice), 2010 (twice), 2011, 2021[10] [11] [12]
2 Aconcagua (6961m) 2020 (Jan), 2020 (Feb) [13] [14]
3Denali (6194m)2017[15]
4Kilimanjaro (5859m)2017[16]
5Mount Elbrus (5642m)2017 [17]
6 Mount Vinson (4892m)2022 (Jan), 2023 (Jan)[18] [19]
7Puncak Jaya / Carstenz (4884m)2024 (Oct)[20] [21]

Notes and References

  1. https://english.metakhabar.com/?p=7701
  2. Web site: Youngest person to climb Everest without bottled oxygen. Guinness World Records. 2 August 2020.
  3. https://www.sevensummittreks.com/team/bod/tashi-lakpa-sherpa
  4. http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/385539-youngest-person-to-climb-everest-without-bottled-oxygen
  5. Web site: Nepal's Sherpa climbers to make rare winter ascent of Everest.
  6. Web site: Snowfall ends rare winter ascent of Everest by Nepal sherpas. 28 February 2020.
  7. https://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/bahrain-prince-other-scale-everest
  8. https://myrepublica.nagariknetwork.com/news/bahrain-prince-and-expedition-team-successfully-climb-mt-lobuche/?categoryId=81
  9. https://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/bahrain-prince-record-holding-sherpas-climb-mt-manaslu
  10. https://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/bahrain-prince-other-scale-everest
  11. https://myrepublica.nagariknetwork.com/news/bahrain-prince-and-expedition-team-successfully-climb-mt-lobuche/?categoryId=81
  12. https://www.sevensummittreks.com/team/bod/tashi-lakpa-sherpa
  13. https://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/nepali-climbers-scale-mt-aconcagua-promoting-visit-nepal-2020
  14. https://explorersweb.com/lobuche-success-death-and-rescue-in-shimshal/
  15. https://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/nepali-climber-dies-mt-denali
  16. https://www.sevensummittreks.com/team/bod/tashi-lakpa-sherpa
  17. https://www.sevensummittreks.com/team/bod/tashi-lakpa-sherpa
  18. https://highlightstourism.com/2023/01/08/tasi-lakpa-sherpas-second-ascent-of-mt-vinson/
  19. Web site: Three Nepali Sherpa brothers successfully scale Mt Vinson in Antarctica | Mt Everest Today . 14 January 2022 . 25 August 2022 . 27 September 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220927202129/https://mteveresttoday.com/three-nepali-sherpa-brothers-successfully-scale-mt-vinson-in-antarctica/ . live .
  20. https://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/sst-founders-complete-7-summits-scaling-carstensz-pyramid
  21. https://www.mountainblog.it/redazionale/i-fondatori-di-seven-summit-treks-completano-le-seven-summits/
  22. Web site: Three Sherpa brothers become first Nepalis to set foot on South Pole, Mt Vinson next .
  23. https://www.voanews.com/a/sherpa-siblings-aim-for-explorers-grand-slam/6408682.html