Pasang Lhamu Sherpa Akita

Pasang Lhamu Sherpa Akita (born 1984) is a Nepali Sherpa mountaineer. She was the first woman in Nepal to become a mountaineering instructor, was one of the first Nepali women to reach the summit of K2, and has been active in earthquake relief in Nepal. In 2016, she was named National Geographic's People’s Choice Adventurer of the Year, and was presented with the 45th International Alpine Solidarity Award in Pinzolo, Italy.

Climbs Akita was the first woman to climb Nangpai Gosum II, in 2006.

Akita climbed K2 in 2014 as part of a three-woman team, the first team of Nepali women to climb the mountain. Climbing with Akita were Maya Sherpa and Dawa Yangzum Sherpa; they were part of a larger expedition that also included other (male) Sherpas and climbers. The climb was dedicated to climate change awareness, and took place on the 60th anniversary of the first ascent of K2. Lobuche, Four years later, she entered training at Conrad Anker's Khumbu Climbing Center.

Her family owns a restaurant in Louisville, Colorado, where she has occasionally worked in between her mountaineering expeditions. She was given her full name after the earlier Pasang Lhamu Sherpa, the first Nepali woman to climb Everest, whom she takes as a role model.