Kili Pemba Sherpa

Kili Pemba Sherpa (; 1980 – 30 July 2026), also known as Kilu Pemba Sherpa, was a Nepalese mountaineer. He was part of the first winter ascent of K2 in January 2021.

Kili Pemba completed the feat of scaling the world's 14 highest mountains known as the '8000ers'. He also scaled Mount Everest 15 times and K2 twice. Kili Pemba was killed in the 2026 Broad Peak avalanche.

Early life Kili Pemba Sherpa was born in Beding village of the Rolwaling valley in Nepal. He began work as a high-altitude porter at the age of 16.

On 16 January 2021, Kili Pemba, alongside nine other Nepalese mountaineers, including Nirmal Purja and Mingma Gyalje, achieved the historic first winter ascent of K2. This feat was regarded as "one of the last great remaining challenges of mountaineering" because K2 was the last 8,000m mountain to have not been climbed successfully during the winter season despite dozens of previous attempts.

On 3 July 2026, Kili Pemba summited Nanga Parbat to complete the feat of climbing all 14 mountains above 8,000m.

Death On 30 July 2026, Kili Pemba Sherpa was killed by an avalanche on Broad Peak in the Karakorum range of Pakistan. He was one of ten climbers to have died in the 2026 Broad Peak avalanche which made it the deadliest day in Broad Peak's history.