{"id":"pem-dorjee-sherpa","type":"person","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pem-dorjee-sherpa","language":"en","name":"Pem Dorjee Sherpa","name_en":"Pem Dorjee Sherpa","name_ne":"पेम्दोर्जी शेर्पा","description":"Nepalese mountain climber","headline":"Nepalese mountain climber","also_known_as":[],"summary":"Pem Dorjee Sherpa (Nepali: पेम्दोर्जी शेर्पा; born 1982) is a Nepalese Sherpa mountaineer. He was born in Chyangba, a small, remote village which is part of Tapting, Nepal.","summary_more":["Dorjee has climbed Mount Everest two times, the second time with his girlfriend Moni Mulepati where they exchanged wedding vows on May 30th of 2005, and thus became the first couple to be married on top of Mount Everest while on the Rotary Centennial Everest Expedition. They also hoisted the flag of Rotary International, a club with which Dorjee has frequently been involved, in honor of its centennial year.","Aside from his mountaineering achievements, Dorjee has worked on improving the quality of life in his home village of Chyangba. Dorjee has organized service projects such as dental, eye, and other health projects, as well as funding to build libraries, schools, and drinking water systems in his village and other remote villages in Nepal.","Dorjee is certified as a Trekking and Mountaineering Guide by the Nepalese government. He is also an active member of the American Mountain Guides Association (AMGA), American Alpine Club, Nepal Mountaineering Association, and Everest Summiteers Association. Dorjee recently hiked 3,100 miles along the Continental Divide Trail from the Mexico–US border to the Canada–US border as part of the Rotary CDT Challenge, a fundraising effort by Rotary International to build a continuous trail. Dorjee and his wife own the gift shop The Himalayan Bazaar and the tour and trekking company Imperial Expedition."],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"1982","date":"1982"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q359310#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Nepal","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q837"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q359310#P19"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"Nepal","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q837"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q359310#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"mountaineer","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9149093"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q359310#P106"}},{"key":"spouse","label":"Spouse","values":[{"text":"Moni Mulepati","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6899850","page":"https://diginpl.com/people/moni-mulepati"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q359310#P26"}},{"key":"website","label":"Official website","values":[{"text":"pemmoni.com","url":"http://www.pemmoni.com/"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q359310#P856"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pem_Dorjee_Sherpa","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q359310","http://www.pemmoni.com/"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Pem Dorjee Sherpa born?","a":"Pem Dorjee Sherpa was born on 1982 in Nepal."}],"related":[{"name":"Mingma Sherpa","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/mingma-sherpa"},{"name":"Dawa Yangzum Sherpa","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/dawa-yangzum-sherpa"},{"name":"Pasang Dawa Lama","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pasang-dawa-lama"},{"name":"Babu Chiri Sherpa","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/babu-chiri-sherpa"},{"name":"Chhang Dawa Sherpa","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/chhang-dawa-sherpa"},{"name":"Tenjen Sherpa","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/tenjen-sherpa"},{"name":"Mingma Gyabu Sherpa","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/mingma-gyabu-sherpa"},{"name":"Pemba Doma Sherpa","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pemba-doma-sherpa"},{"name":"Phurba Tashi","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/phurba-tashi"},{"name":"Sanu Sherpa","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/sanu-sherpa"},{"name":"Shriya Shah-Klorfine","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/shriya-shah-klorfine"},{"name":"Tejbir Bura","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/tejbir-bura"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/pem-dorjee-sherpa-c9315274c5.jpg","width":405,"height":400,"license":"CC BY-SA 3.0","credit":"Pem Dorjee Sherpa","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pem_dorjee_sherpa.jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Pem Dorjee Sherpa","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pem_Dorjee_Sherpa","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q359310","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q359310","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Pem dorjee sherpa.jpg by Pem Dorjee Sherpa (CC BY-SA 3.0)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pem_dorjee_sherpa.jpg","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Pem Dorjee Sherpa, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Pem dorjee sherpa.jpg — Pem Dorjee Sherpa, CC BY-SA 3.0.","cite":"\"Pem Dorjee Sherpa\". DigiNepal. Last updated 31 October 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/pem-dorjee-sherpa. Retrieved 4 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-10-31T14:57:58Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-04","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/pem-dorjee-sherpa","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/pem-dorjee-sherpa","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/pem-dorjee-sherpa?lang=ne"}}