Phurba Tashi Sherpa – 21st ascent (equals Apa Sherpa’s record of the most ascents)
Raha Moharrak - the first Saudi Arabian woman
Sudarshan Gautam - the first double amputee
Yuichiro Miura – the oldest man
Arunima Sinha - the first Indian amputee
Apart from these world records, some major highlights of this climbing season were the climbing of Everest by Qatari royal family member Sheikh Mohammad bin Abdullah Al-Thani and Nisha Adhikari becoming the first Nepali cine actress to climb Everest.
Al-Thani is a brand ambassador of Reach Out to Asia (ROTA), a Doha-based private non-profit organization, and has vowed to raise funds to support education in Nepal by donating funds for the development of schools and providing scholarships.
In yet another remarkable feat, four brothers of a single family of Gudel-4 in Solukhumbu district climbed Mt. Everest simultaneously. Lhakpa Dorjee Sherpa, Tendi Sherpa, Lhakpa Tenji Sherpa and Ang Furba Sherpa reached the top on May 20. They were climbing Sherpas from the Adventure Consultant Company.
Meanwhile, three brothers of a family of Jubhing-1, Solukhumbu also climbed Everest on May 19. They are Pemba Wangchhu Sherpa, 29, Pemba Chhongba Sherpa, 25, and Pemba Gyaljen Sherpa.
However, not all are lucky. More than 200 people have died in attempts to climb Everest since the first ascent in 1953 and latest addition to the list is none other than Namgyal Sherpa, the 10-time summiter. But his 10th attempt ended in a sad note, as he breathed his last in Camp 3 on the Tibetan side of Everest on May 16, while on his way down. “Namgyal was a remarkable man with a remarkable life,” his close aides said. Namgyal is survived by his wife Doma Sherpa.
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