Phu Dorjee

Phu Dorjee (–1987) (also spelled Phu Dorji), born in Sikkim,

Everest His solo ascent of Everest was made on 5 May 1984 as a member of an Indian expedition led by Darshan Kumar Khullar. He climbed the peak by the South East Ridge and was the first Indian ever to reach the summit without using any supplemental oxygen.

Early years

He was part of a joint Indian-British expedition to then unclimbed Brammah 1, , in the Kishtwar Himalaya in 1973.

Dorjee was a member of an expedition to Siniolchu in 1979,

In 1982 he was appointed as the lead instructor at the Sonam Gyatso Mountaineering Institute. Two years later Sonam Wangyal, the principal of the Institute, nominated Dorjee for the 1984 expedition to Everest sponsored by the IMF.

Then in October 1986 he visited Chomo Yummo with an expedition led by Maj Gen P. L. Kukrety for selecting the team to go to Kangchenjunga the following year. Dorjee and four others reached the summit.

Death Dorjee died on May 1987 in Kangchanjunga. He had been selected as the lead climber for the Assam Rifles expedition led by Maj Gen P. L. Kukrety and led the first three-member team who set out for the summit, via the northeast spur, on 24 May.

Dorjee was 35 years old when he ascended Everest in 1984.