# Sudarshan Gautam

_First armless person to summit Mount Everest without the use of prosthetics_

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> Sudarshan Gautam is a Canadian mountain climber and actor. He is the first person without arms to have reached the summit of Mount Everest without the use of prosthetics, and did this on May 20, 2013. Gautam lost his arms as a result of an accident in his childhood. In 2014, he appeared in the Nepalese movie Himmatwali.

## Quick facts

- **Born:** 1978 ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16866304#P569))
- **Place of birth:** Ramechhap District ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16866304#P19))
- **Occupation:** mountaineer; film actor ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16866304#P106))

## Questions

**When was Sudarshan Gautam born?**  
Sudarshan Gautam was born on 1978 in Ramechhap District.

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## Sources

- [Wikipedia (English): Sudarshan Gautam](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudarshan_Gautam) — [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
- [Wikidata item Q16866304](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16866304) — [CC0 1.0](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
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"Sudarshan Gautam". DigiNepal. Last updated 18 October 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/sudarshan-gautam. Retrieved 21 October 2026.