Sungdare Sherpa
Sungdare Sherpa (Template:Lang-ne) was a Nepalese Sherpa guide for climbers of Mount Everest. He was with Hannelore Schmatz when she died on a 1979 expedition.[1] He remained with her after she died, and as a result, lost most of his fingers and toes to frostbite.[2] He summitted Mount Everest five times.[3] He drowned in a river below his village, Pangboche, in 1989.[4]
Elizabeth Hawley stated that he was suffering from alcoholism, and that his death was a suicide.[5] He was survived by his widow, Bhingfuti.[4]
As quoted in an article in Backpacker magazine talking about Mount Everest:[6]
The Summit is always different. Sometimes it is one side and sometimes the other. It changes every time.
— Sungdare Sherpa, 1986[6]
Everest summitings
See also
- List of Mount Everest summiters by number of times to the summit
- List of Mount Everest guides
- List of 20th-century summiters of Mount Everest
References
- ^ In the Shadow of Denali: Life and Death on Alaska's Mt. McKinley - Google Books. Books.google.com. Retrieved 2013-10-17.
- ^ "The Alpine Club" (PDF). Alpine-club.org.uk. Retrieved 2013-10-17.
- ^ Tigers of the Snow and Other Virtual Sherpas: An Ethnography of Himalayan ... - Vincanne Adams - Google Books. Books.google.com. Retrieved 2013-10-17.
- ^ a b [1] [dead link]
- ^ Keeper of the Mountains: The Elizabeth Hawley Story - Bernadette McDonald - Google Books. Books.google.com. Retrieved 2013-10-17.
- ^ a b c d e f The Backpacker - May 1986 (Google Books link)
- ^ a b c Everest 80s to 85
- ^ a b [2]
Further reading
- The Backpacker - May 1986 (Google Books link)
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