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Phu Dorjee

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Phu Dorjee (also spelled Phu Dorji)[1] was a Sherpa and the first Indian to summit Mt. Everest without oxygen. He did so on 09 May 1984 on a solitary ascent from the South East Ridge. Dorjee died in 1987 on the Kanchanjunga Expedition of the Assam Rifles. [2]

Another Phu Dorjee had had summited Everest in the 1965, but this person died in 1969. [3]

References

  1. ^ [1]
  2. ^ http://www.thecolorsofindia.com/interesting-facts/adventure/first-man-to-climb-everest-without-oxygen.html
  3. ^ [2]

See also

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