Ang Tshering | |
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Born | 1903 |
Died | May 22, 2002 | (aged 98–99)
Awards | German Red Cross medal |
Ang Tshering (or Ang Tsering) (1903 – May 22, 2002) [1] was a sherpa known for his participation in the 1924 British Mount Everest expedition and the 1934 Nanga Parbat climbing disaster. [2]
Tsering was born in Nepal in 1903, and worked as a sherpa from 1924 to 1975. [3] He worked as a sherpa for the British expedition to Mount Everest. He was paid "Twelve annas, that's three-quarters of a rupee." [2] During the Nanga Parbat expedition, he spent seven [4] or nine [3] days in the storm until he reached Camp One, and then was able to alert the Germans about the disaster. [5] He worked as a sherpa for the 1965 Indian Everest Expedition. [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] He also worked as a sherpa for Junko Tabei on her historic climb of Everest, on which she became the first woman to summit the mountain.