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Mingma Dorchi Sherpa

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Mingma Dorchi Sherpa
Mingma after recently completing his summit.
Personal information
Main disciplineMountaineer & Sherpa
Born (1987-08-18) 18 August 1987 (age 37)
Sankhuwasabha District, Nepal
NationalityNepali
Career
Starting disciplinePorter
Notable ascentsEverest summit: 6

K2 summit: 5

Lhotse summit: 4

Manasulu summit: 4

Makalu summit: 4

Dhaulagiri summit: 2

Kangchenjunga summit: 1

Annapurna I summit: 1

Broad Peak summit: 1

Gesharbum: 1

Nanga Parbat: 1
Family
SpouseKipa Sherpa
Children2

Mingma Dorchi Sherpa (born 1987) is a Nepali sherpa mountaineer and a professional trekking guide from Sankhuwasabha District, Nepal. He holds the Guinness World Record for being the fastest person to step on the summit of both Mount Everest and Lhotse in a record time of 6 hours and 1 minute.[1][2][3][4]

Life

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Mingma was born in 1987, in Makalu 2, Tashigaun which belongs to Sankhuwasabha District of eastern Nepal.[5] He lived with two sisters and one brother. Mingma lost his mother when he was 6 years old and his dad too when he was 14 years old.[6] In 2001, despite wanting to continue his studies, he had to drop out of school to join a mountaineering team as a porter to earn money for his family.[citation needed]

He got his first opportunity to work as a porter in the Sherpani Col area, which is the highest pass in the Great Himalaya Trail of Nepal. However, he discontinued his portering job and started a small tea shop business at the base camp of Makalu from 2004 to 2008.[citation needed]

In 2010, he rejoined the mountaineering field as a climbing guide and made his debut summit at Ama Dablam. He made his first Everest summit in the spring of 2011.[citation needed]

Mingma also holds the second-best timing of summiting Everest, Lhoste, and Makalu within 54 hrs and 25 mins.[citation needed]

He is married to Kipa Sherpa and has two sons named Passang Sherpa and Phurba Sherpa.[citation needed]

He is also one of the directors of Pioneers Adventure Pvt Ltd., which deals with adventure activities in the Himalayas.[7]

Guinness World Record

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On 27 May 2019, Mingma made a Guinness World Record for summitting both Everest and Lhotse within a record time of 6 hours and 1 minute. He broke the previous record of fellow Nepalese mountaineer Nirmal Purja, who had a time of 10 hours 15 minutes.[8]

Mountains summited by Mingma Dorchi Sherpa

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S.no Name of mountain Year
1 Everest (8848.86 m) 2023, 2019, 2018, 2016, 2013, 2011
2 K2 (8611 m) 2023, 2022, 2021, 2014, 2012
3 Kangchenjunga (8586 m) 2022
4 Lhotse (8516 m) 2021, 2019, 2018, 2012
5 Makalu (8484 m) 2022, 2019, 2017, 2012
6 Dhaulagiri (8167 m) 2017, 2014
7 Manaslu (8163 m) 2021, 2019, 2018, 2011
8 Nanga Parbat (8126 m) 2023
9 Annapurna I (8091 m) 2021
10 Broad Peak (8051 m) 2019
11 Gasherbrum II (8035 m) 2019

References

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  1. ^ "Fastest double-header of the Higher Eight-thousanders (with bottled oxygen)". Guinness World Records.
  2. ^ "Annapurna Wrap-Up: Interview with Mingma Dorchi Sherpa". Explorersweb. 20 April 2021. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Mingma Dorchi Sherpa Sets World Record For Fastest Consecutive Summits of Everest, Lhotse". mountainplanet.com. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  4. ^ Sen, Sandeep (1 June 2019). "Mingma Dorchi Sherpa sets world record for fastest consecutive summits of Everest, Lhotse". The Himalayan Times. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  5. ^ "सबैभन्दा कम समयमा सगरमाथाको आरोहण गर्दै मिङ्मा दोर्ची शेर्पाले बनाए नयाँ कीर्तिमान". Nepal Live.
  6. ^ "मध्यरातमा एक्लै सगरमाथाको शिखर चुम्दा".
  7. ^ "Our Team". www.pioneeradventure.com.
  8. ^ "Mingma Dorchi Sherpa: When you climb for long time, you want to do things to be remembered - OnlineKhabar English News". 24 June 2019.
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