DigiNepal

Nawang Sherpa

Nepalese sherpa

नेपालीमा पढ्नुहोस् · हिंदी में पढ़ें

  • नेपाली · English · हिंदीRead in your language
  • CitedEvery fact sourced
  • Ad-freeNo ads, no tracking

Nawang Sherpa became the first person to climb Mount Everest with a prosthetic leg by reaching the summit on May 16, 2004. He is also the first amputee to reach the summit of Mount Everest on his first attempt, and the first disabled person from Asia to stand on the summit.

Quick facts

Citizenship
Nepal wd
Occupation
mountaineer wd

Sources

  1. Wikipedia (English): Nawang Sherpa · CC BY-SA 4.0
  2. Wikidata item Q6982872 · CC0 1.0

Last updated · facts checked 7 November 2026

Cite this page

"Nawang Sherpa". DigiNepal. Last updated 15 October 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/nawang-sherpa. Retrieved 7 November 2026.

Machine-readable versions: JSON · Markdown

Text from the Wikipedia article Nawang Sherpa, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Is this you, or do you work in this person's office? Claim this profile

← People