Ang Dorje Sherpa

Ang Dorje (Chhuldim) Sherpa (born 1970) is a Nepalese Sherpa mountaineering guide, climber, and porter from Pangboche, Nepal, who has reached the summit of Mount Everest 25 times. in upper Pangboche, Nepal, near the Khumbu Valley as it passes down the slopes of Mount Everest. He grew up among Himalayan climbers; his father, Nima Tenzing Sherpa, was a climber with expeditions led by British mountaineer Chris Bonington in the 1970s and 1980s.

He followed his father in work with climbing expeditions beginning as a porter at the age of 12. "I always wanted to climb when I was little," Ang Dorje said. He attended private school in Nepal, with assistance from western clients impressed by his work ethic, as he continued his mountaineering work with several expeditions in the Everest area.

Sirdar and guiding career

Ang Dorje has led many successful expeditions on Everest, frequently as climbing sirdar for Adventure Consultants, the guiding service founded by Rob Hall. During the disastrous 1996 expedition on Everest, he and Lhakpa Tshering Sherpa attempted to rescue Hall and others in the deadly storm conditions that ultimately killed 8 climbers. They ascended 900 vertical meters to just below Everest's South Summit, only to be halted by impenetrable storm conditions just 100 meters from Hall. They waited 45 minutes before being forced back by the storm. Ang Dorje later commented on the incident saying, "It was very sad. Very difficult." Ang Dorje also works as a wind turbine mechanic at wind farms in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States.

Everest summits 2026 – 25th summit 2025 – 24th summit 2024 – 23rd summit 2023 – 22nd summit 2021 – 21st summit 2019 – 20th summit 2017 – 19th summit 2016 – 18th summit with Adventure Consultants 2013 – 17th summit 2008 – 14th summit 1992 – 1st summit