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Apa Sherpa

1960 - Today

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Apa (born Lhakpa Tenzing Sherpa; 20 January 1960), nicknamed "Super Sherpa", is a Nepalese Sherpa mountaineer who, until 2017, jointly with Phurba Tashi held the record for reaching the summit of Mount Everest more times than any other climber. As part of The Eco Everest Expedition 2011, Apa made his 21st Mount Everest summit in May 2011 then retired after a promise to his wife to stop climbing after 21 ascents. He first summited Everest in 1990 and his last time to the summit was in 2011. Apa met Edmund Hillary many times, and was on the Expedition with his son Peter Hillary in 1990, which was the first summit for both of them. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Apa Sherpa is the 37th most popular mountaineer (up from 41st in 2019), the 35th most popular biography from Nepal (down from 30th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Nepalese Mountaineer.

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Among MOUNTAINEERS

Among mountaineers, Apa Sherpa ranks 37 out of 56. Before him are Jon Krakauer, Ardito Desio, Vittorio Sella, Riccardo Cassin, Yevgeniy Abalakov, and Rob Hall. After him are Verney Lovett Cameron, Ueli Steck, Simone Moro, Oh Eun-sun, Bachendri Pal, and Denis Urubko.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Apa Sherpa ranks 261. Before him are Raşit Meredow, Elia Suleiman, Predrag Nikolić, Fadil Vokrri, Jack McConnell, and Slavko Štimac. After him are Meg Tilly, José Eduardo Agualusa, David L. Rabinowitz, Željko Šturanović, Viktor Lazlo, and Simon Gallup.

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In Nepal

Among people born in Nepal, Apa Sherpa ranks 35 out of 59. Before him are Mahendra of Nepal (1920), Laxmi Prasad Devkota (1909), Araniko (1244), Sher Bahadur Deuba (1946), Sushil Koirala (1939), and Bhimsen Thapa (1775). After him are Ashtavakra (null), Surya Bahadur Thapa (1928), Jhala Nath Khanal (1950), Dipendra of Nepal (1971), Rana Bahadur Shah (1775), and Pratap Singh Shah (1751).

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Among MOUNTAINEERS In Nepal

Among mountaineers born in Nepal, Apa Sherpa ranks 3. Before him are Tenzing Norgay (1914), and Ang Rita (1948). After him are Nirmal Purja (1983), and Lhakpa Sherpa (1974).

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