Sungdare Sherpa

Sungdare Sherpa (Nepali: सुन्दरे शेर्पा) born in 1956[1] in Thame village, Solukhumbu, Nepal was a Nepalese Sherpa guide for climbers of Mount Everest, who summited Everest on five different climbs. He was the first person to summit Mount Everest three times.[2]

Climbing career

Sungdare was with Hannelore Schmatz when she died on a 1979 expedition.[3] He remained with her after she died, and as a result, lost most of his fingers and toes to frostbite.[4]

Despite losing his digits, Sungdare summitted Mount Everest four more times after the 1979 expedition.[5]

Death

Sungdare drowned in a river below his village, Pangboche, Nepal in 1989.[6]

Elizabeth Hawley stated that he had alcoholism and that his death was a suicide.[7] He was survived by his widow, Bhingfuti.[6]

As quoted in an article in Backpacker magazine talking about Mount Everest:[8]

The Summit is always different. Sometimes it is one side and sometimes the other. It changes every time.

— Sungdare Sherpa, 1986[8]

Ascents of Everest
  1. 1979[8]
  2. 1981[8] October summiting[9]
  3. 1982[8] October summiting[9]
  4. 1985[8][9][10]
  5. 1988[10]

See also

References
  1. "The Sherpas of Everest Series: Sungdare Sherpa".
  2. "A commemorative postage stamp on Sundare Sherpa, a Nepalese Sherpa-guide for Mount Everest". 13 December 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. Waterman, Jonathan (1998). In the Shadow of Denali: Life and Death on Alaska's Mt. McKinley - Google Books. ISBN 9781558217263. Retrieved 2013-10-17.
  4. "The Alpine Club" (PDF). Alpine-club.org.uk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-09. Retrieved 2013-10-17.
  5. Adams, Vincanne (1996). Tigers of the Snow and Other Virtual Sherpas: An Ethnography of Himalayan ... - Vincanne Adams - Google Books. ISBN 0691001111. Retrieved 2013-10-17.
  6. "Welcome to nginx eaa1a9e1db47ffcca16305566a6efba4!185.15.56.1". news.google.com. Archived from the original on 25 January 2013. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  7. McDonald, Bernadette (October 2012). Keeper of the Mountains: The Elizabeth Hawley Story - Bernadette McDonald - Google Books. ISBN 9781927330159. Retrieved 2013-10-17.
  8. The Backpacker - May 1986 (Google Books link)
  9. Everest 80s to 85
  10. "The Sherpas of Everest Series: Sungdare Sherpa".

Further reading
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