Ang Tsering

Ang Tshering (or Ang Tsering) (1905 – May 22, 2002)

Tshering was born in Thame, Nepal in 1905, He worked as a sherpa for the British expedition to Mount Everest. He was paid "Twelve annas, that's three-quarters of a rupee." or nine He worked as a sherpa for the 1965 Indian Everest Expedition.

In 1935, Ang Tshering was awarded the German Red Cross Medal for his bravery and dedication to duty in the 1934 Nanga Parbat climbing disaster. He was also awarded a Tiger Badge by the Himalayan Club, his 'Himalayan Club Number' was 36.

He is not the Ang Tsering who worked as a sherpa for Junko Tabei on her historic climb of Everest, when she became the first woman to summit the mountain, as Tabei's memoir clearly states that the Ang Tsering she summited Everest with in 1975 was the twenty-seven year old brother-in-law of their government liaison officer Lhakpa Tenzing.