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Chhang Dawa Sherpa

Dawa in 2020 during the K2 Winter Expedition.
Personal information
Born	(1982-07-30) July 30, 1982 (age 42) Makalu, Nepal
Family
Relatives	Mingma Sherpa Tashi Lakpa Sherpa (brother)

Chhang Dawa Sherpa (Nepali: छाङ दावा शेर्पा): (born July 30, 1982) is a Nepalese mountaineer and the youngest climber till 2019 to summit the 14 highest peaks. Dawa and his brother Mingma Sherpa together hold the world record as "first brothers to summit the 14 highest peaks", a single record shared by the two.

By October 2024, Chhang Dawa and Mingma successfully completed their mission of ascending the Seven Summits, which are the seven highest peaks on each continent. This achievement made them the first siblings to accomplish this feat.

Early life

Chhang Dawa Sherpa was born and grew up in the rural village of Narbuchaur in Makalu Village of Sankhuwasabha District in Nepal.

Dawa as his first 8000ers, first reached the summit of Makalu (8485 m) in the spring of 2001 without supplementary oxygen along with his brother Mingma Sherpa. He and his brother Mingma Sherpa attained the Guinness world record of "World's First Two Brothers" to successfully summit the 14 mountains of the world which are over 8000 meters in height. Sherpa brothers used supplementary oxygen only on four highest 8000ers among all fourteen. They now operate the expedition company named Seven Summits Treks, which organize climbs and treks throughout Nepal, Pakistan and China.

First Ascent

28 April in 2010, Chhang Dawa Sherpa along with Carlos Soria Fontán, Tente Lagunilla and Sherpa's team made the first ascent of Mt. Dome Khang (7,260m).

Mountains summited

Leading in 8000ers

• K2 Expedition: Chhang Dawa has been leading expedition in the Karakorum including K2 since 2012-current.

• K2 Winter 2020/2021: 2 Nepali teams led by Nirmal Puja and Mingma "G" Gelje managed to climb K2 in winter for the first time. One member of Chhang Dawa's team was among the 10 Nepalease climbers together at the top. Chhang Dawa himself stayed in base camp.

• Nanga Parbat 2023: 60 total ascents in a single day including 29 alone from Chhang's team.

• Shisha Pangma 2024: Twenty-nine climbers successfully reached the summit of Shisha Pangma, including 12 individuals who completed the challenging 14 Peaks journey.

Seven Summits by Chhang Dawa Sherpa

Pole Explore

Rescue Missions

In the spring of 2023, Indian climber Anurag Maloo fell into a deep crevasse. Dawa, along with six Sherpas and two Poles, conducted a rescue operation and successfully brought Anurag back to safety.

See also

• List of Mount Everest summiteers by number of times to the summit

References

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• Living people
• 1982 births
• Sherpa summiters of Mount Everest
• People from Sankhuwasabha District
• Nepalese summiters of Mount Everest
• Summiters of all 14 eight-thousanders
• Summiters of K2
• Summiters of Broad Peak