Phu Dorjee Sherpa

Not to be confused with Phu Dorjee, an Indian mountain climber who also climbed Mount Everest.

Phu Dorjee Sherpa
BornNepal
Died1969
AllegianceIndia
Awards
1965 Indian stamp dedicated to the 1965 Everest Expedition[1]
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi meets the living members of the 1965 Indian Everest Expedition on the Golden Jubilee of the occasion on 20 May 2015. Note: Phu Dorjee Sherpa is not pictured.

Phu Dorjee Sherpa was the first Nepali man and 23rd person in the world to climb Mount Everest.[2] He was a member of the third Indian Everest Expedition 1965, led by Captain M S Kohli, which was the first successful Indian Everest Expedition. The group consisted of 21 major expedition members and 50 Sherpas. The initial attempt was at the end of April, when they returned to base camp due to bad weather and waited 2 weeks for better weather.[citation needed]

On 29 May 1965, on the fourth and final attempt on the 12th anniversary of the first conquest of Mount Everest, together with H. P. S. Ahluwalia and Harish Chandra Singh Rawat, Phu Dorjee summited Mount Everest. This was the first time that these three climbers climbed the mountain together.[3][4][5][6]

He died in a fall on Mount Everest on 18 October 1969.[7]

  1. ^ "First successful Indian Expedition of 1965". www.istampgallery.com. 15 August 1965.
  2. ^ "Phu Dorje Sherpa". www.everesthistory.com.
  3. ^ "Did you know that 50 Years ago 9 Indians Held a Record for Climbing Mount Everest?". www.thebetterindia.com. 17 June 2015.
  4. ^ Kohli, M. S. (December 2000). Nine Atop Everest-First successful Indian Expedition of 1965. Indus. ISBN 9788173871115.
  5. ^ "The first Indians on Everest". www.livemint.com.
  6. ^ "NINE ATOP EVEREST". www.himalayanclub.org.
  7. ^ Unsworth 2000, p. 701