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In the News (Sun 27 Dec 09)

  
  Millenium Expedition
The Climbing was led by Shambu Tamang, the youngest man to have ever climbed Mt. Everest, and Kaji Sherpa, the Expedition Sirdar.
Although we had planned to leave early on the 1st of January, a general strike, or Bandh, was called in Nepal for the 1st and 2nd of January.
Sherpa Tek Tamang led across and fixed a number of stakes and a rope across the first difficult section.
dev.starbiz.com.au /expedition/tharpachuli.html   (1872 words)

  
 Stone and Sand
It causes a lot of health problems, my hands hurt from constant pounding of the stone, my feet hurt from sitting on hard ground for long hours and my back hurts from crouching over the stone.
Shambu Tamang: "I have no nails left on my fingers.
I have to gather stone with my hands, sieve the dust with my hands all day long and the wage is hardly enough.
www.mtnforum.org /apmn/radio_seven.htm   (2169 words)

  
 NEWS FLASH ARCHIVE 39
He was climbing with oxygen bottles and with the assistance of Sherpa guides, who have already set foot on the Everest summit.
Shambu Tamnag is the youngest Mt Everest climber, who climbed the Mt Everest in 1973 at the age of 18.
Shambu Tamang had given Arbin the same ice-axe he (Tamang) used when he climbed the Mt Everest in 1973.
www.nepalnews.com.np /contents/archive/mainnews/arc39.htm   (2555 words)

  
 New Nepalese stamps mark Everest milestones   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The other carries a picture of a slightly smiling Shambu Tamang, a Nepalese
summit on May 8, 1978, Tamang's record stood for almost 30 years.
Tamang had back in 1973 ascended as part of a large Italian team that
www.tibet.ca /en/wtnarchive/2003/5/8_7.html   (486 words)

  
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The fastest recorded ascent was made by Kagzi Sherpa, a Nepali native, who made it to the summit and back in 20 hours and 24 minutes without stopping.
The youngest person to reach the summit was a Nepali boy by the name of Shambu Tamang who was just 16 years old when he the made climb.
Culture: Nepal's diverse population can be divided into two groups, one of Indian and one of Mongolian origins.
www.gwu.edu /~nepal99/history.html   (326 words)

  
 Kids News
He is the youngest person to scale the world's highest peak - the 8,848-metre-high Mount Everest, The Telegraph newspaper reported.
By climbing the peak 16 days after his 16th birthday, on May 22, he broke the record set by another Nepali climber, Shambu Tamang, in 1973, at the age of 17.
He battled against high winds and struggled through deep snow to reach the summit - at last.
www.pitara.com /news/news_world/online.asp?story=173   (274 words)

  
 TCM Breaking News - 2001/05/24: Tragedy in scramble to reach Everest’s peak
Temba Tsheri - who lost five fingers from frostbite during an attempt to climb Everest last year - succeeded in reaching the top on Tuesday morning.
Tsheri broke the record set by another Nepalese climber, Shambu Tamang, in 1973 when he climbed Mount Everest at the age of 17.
The mountaineering season in Nepal ends on May 31, when climbers must return from the mountains before monsoon rains in the region bring heavy snow.
archives.tcm.ie /breakingnews/2001/05/24/story13724.asp   (251 words)

  
 EverestHistory.com: The Youngest to Summit Everest is ...
Some examples: We will pick on the BBC: In a BB article on Saturday, March 27, 1999 they state "Shambu Tamang in 1973 who was 17 when he climbed Everest".
Shambhu Tamang, who achieved the feat in 1973 at the age of 17." In another article on Monday, 12 June, 2000 "Tamang reached the summit at the age of 18".
at 15 and Tamang had climbed Everest from the Nepalese side when he was 17.
www.everesthistory.com /youngest.htm   (819 words)

  
 IOL: Frostbite beats boy's Everest bid
Last year another Nepalese schoolboy, 15-year-old Arvind Timilshina had made a similar attempt but was beaten back 98 metres from the summit because of lack of bottled oxygen.
Another Nepalese climber, Shambu Tamang, holds the record as the youngest climber of Everest.
He climbed Everest in 1973 when he was 17.
www.int.iol.co.za /index.php?set_id=1&click_id=3&art_id=qw959272263195B251   (336 words)

  
 arthritis pain relief - Shambu Tamang
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Sambhu Tamang was the youngest person to climb Mt. everest.
He was only 17 when he did it!
www.painreliefchat.com /arthritis-pain-relief/Shambu_Tamang   (39 words)

  
 Everest 1999 Daily Climbing Cybercast   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Longest Time Spent on the Summit: on May 7th, 1999, Babu Chirri Sherpa of Nepal set a new record by spending 21 hours on the summit without oxygen.
Youngest Summiter: Shambu Tamang of Nepal, 16 years old, reached the summit on May 5, 1975.
Oldest Summiter: Lev Sarkisov (12/2/38) of Georgia reached the summit on May 12, 1999.
classic.mountainzone.com /everest/99/north/facts.html   (1384 words)

  
 Strange But True
Glaciers descend from the main peak to nearby satellite peaks.
The youngest person ever to climb Mt. Everest was a 16 year old from Nepal named Shambu Tamang.
The first woman ever to climb Mt. Everest was Junko Tabei of Japan.
library.thinkquest.org /5069/Strange_True.html   (357 words)

  
 everest
Youngest person: Shambu Tamang (Nepal) 16 on 5/5/73
North Side: Fastest Ascent via the standard North Col-north ridge-north face Route: Hans Kammerlander (Italian) 5/24/96, 16 hours 45 minutes from base camp.
1973: Shambu Tamang of Nepal, summits at 16 years old.
www.student.unimaas.nl /jp.lanslots/everestf.html   (478 words)

  
 The Everest Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Two Sherpas have climbed it five times or more -- the record of 9 successes with the local Nepali Ang Rita Sherpa.
The youngest person to have climbed Everest is Shambu Tamang of Nepal -- reaching the summit on 5th of May 1973 when he was 19.
The oldest person to have climbed Everest is Ramon Blanco Suarez of Venezuela -- reaching the summit on 7th of October 1993 when he was 60.
www.chhahari.com /Shangri_La/everest_ascent.html   (412 words)

  
 Buffy and Roswell, Jack Kerouac, Brain Shrinkage, Global Warming!
Eighth-grade student Temba Tsheri reached the summit on Tuesday morning, said Sonam, the director of Thamserku Trekking, which equipped and sponsored Tsheri's expedition.
Tsheri broke the record set in 1973 by another Nepalese climber, Shambu Tamang, who climbed Mount Everest at age 17.
Last year, Tsheri was forced to turn back just 160 feet from Everest's summit due to frostbite, exhaustion and deteriorating weather.
richlabonte.net /exonews/xtra3/buffy.htm   (5725 words)

  
 Headline News The Kathmandu Post (Nepal)
But luck favored us and weather conditions improved from the May 22," he said.
Temba broke the record set by another Nepalese climber, Shambu Tamang, in 1973 when he climbed Everest at the age of 17.
Last year, Temba returned just few meters from the summit due to frost bite, exhaustion, deteriorating weather and other problems arising due to a poorly organized expedition.
www.nepalnews.com.np /contents/englishdaily/ktmpost/2001/may/may31/index.htm   (4535 words)

  
 Ski Canada Magazine on CANOE Travel: Short Turns
Oldest person to summit: Lev Sarkisov of Georgia in 1999 at age 60.
Youngest: Shambu Tamang of Nepal reached the top in 1973 at age 17.
Longest stay: Babu Chiri Sherpa, hung around at the summit for 21.5 hours.
www.canoe.ca /SkiCanadaJan01/shortturns.html   (1496 words)

  
 Tamang's the Unknown Mt Everest summiteers Part Two
Tamang's the Unknown Mt Everest summiteers Part Two
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www.everestnews.com /stories004sec4002/yamsummitpart2-20114002.htm   (227 words)

  
 Daily Excelsior... World
Few years later, China sent ten members on Chomolongma from its side.
In 1973, Shambu Tamang, a Sherpa from Nepal made the summit when he was 16 and two years later, Junko Tabai of Japan became the first woman to reach summit via south east ridge.
Three years later, Peter Habeler of Austria and Reinhold Messner of Italy summited without the help of bottled oxygen, a feat that many explorers initially thought "impossible".
www.dailyexcelsior.com /web1/03may24/inter.htm   (5076 words)

  
 Millenium Expedition
From there, our climbing leader, Shambu Tamang and 3 Sherpas led 4 of the expeditioners to a safe ascent of the summit.
All expeditioners (including those arriving late or delayed by gear misplacement) are now in Base Camp.
Today is the second day of training and the expeditioners have been trained in Comms, Navigation, Emergency Procedures, Leadership, Nepali, Science Work, Hygiene, First Aid, Base Camp Duties, Packing a pack, etc..
dev.starbiz.com.au /expedition/news.html   (7032 words)

  
 In Love With Italy - Version 4
Guido Monzino 1928-1988 Italian Explorer: Led Mt. Everest expeditions for Italy -Circolo Polare (Sir George Everest, Surveyor General of India from 1830 to 1843, records the location of Everest and the mountain is later named after him; Edmund Hillary (NZ) and Tenzing Norgay (Tibetan Sherpa) were the first to summit Everest on 29 May 1953.
Italian expedition to the top of Mt. Everest was led by famed explorer Guido Monzino, 5-7 May 1973; Team members (64 total) included: Rinaldo Carrel, Mirko Minuzzo, Shambu Tamang and Lhakpa Tenzing (Sherpas), Virgino Epis, Fabrizio Innamorati, Sonam Gyalzen (Sherpa) and Claudio Benedetti.):
Guido Monzino 1928-1988 Italian Explorer: Led Mt. Everest expeditions for Italy:
www.setteangeli.com /inlovewithitaly-vol4.aspx   (2475 words)

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