Mingma Dorchi Sherpa
 Mingma after recently completing his summit. | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Main discipline | Mountaineer & Sherpa |
| Born | 18 August 1987 Sankhuwasabha District, Nepal |
| Nationality | Nepali |
| Career | |
| Starting discipline | Porter |
| Notable ascents | Everest summit: 6
K2 summit: 5 Lhotse summit: 4 Manasulu summit: 4 Makalu summit: 4 Dhaulagiri summit: 2 Kangchenjunga summit: 1 Annapurna I summit: 1 Broad Peak summit: 1 Gesharbum: 1 Nanga Parbat: 1 |
| Family | |
| Spouse | Kipa Sherpa |
| Children | 2 |
Mingma Dorchi Sherpa (born 1987) is a Nepali sherpa mountaineer and a professional trekking guide from Sankhuwasabha District, Nepal. He holds the Guinness World Record for being the fastest person to step on the summit of both Mount Everest and Lhotse in a record time of 6 hours and 1 minute.[1][2][3][4]
Life[edit]
Mingma was born in 1987, in Makalu 2, Tashigaun which belongs to Sankhuwasabha District of eastern Nepal.[5] He lived with two sisters and one brother. Mingma lost his mother when he was 6 years old and his dad too when he was 14 years old.[6] In 2001, despite wanting to continue his studies, he had to drop out of school to join a mountaineering team as a porter to earn money for his family.[citation needed]
He got his first opportunity to work as a porter in the Sherpani Col area, which is the highest pass in the Great Himalaya Trail of Nepal. However, he discontinued his portering job and started a small tea shop business at the base camp of Makalu from 2004 to 2008.[citation needed]
In 2010, he rejoined the mountaineering field as a climbing guide and made his debut summit at Ama Dablam. He made his first Everest summit in the spring of 2011.[citation needed]
Mingma also holds the second-best timing of summiting Everest, Lhoste, and Makalu within 54 hrs and 25 mins.[citation needed]
He is married to Kipa Sherpa and has two sons named Passang Sherpa and Phurba Sherpa.[citation needed]
He is also one of the directors of Pioneers Adventure Pvt Ltd., which deals with adventure activities in the Himalayas.[7]
Guinness World Record[edit]
On 27 May 2019, Mingma made a Guinness World Record for summitting both Everest and Lhotse within a record time of 6 hours and 1 minute. He broke the previous record of fellow Nepalese mountaineer Nirmal Purja, who had a time of 10 hours 15 minutes.[8]
Mountains summited by Mingma Dorchi Sherpa[edit]
| S.no | Name of mountain | Year |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Everest (8848.86 m) | 2023, 2019, 2018, 2016, 2013, 2011 |
| 2 | K2 (8611 m) | 2023, 2022, 2021, 2014, 2012 |
| 3 | Kangchenjunga (8586 m) | 2022 |
| 4 | Lhotse (8516 m) | 2021, 2019, 2018, 2012 |
| 5 | Makalu (8484 m) | 2022, 2019, 2017, 2012 |
| 6 | Dhaulagiri (8167 m) | 2017, 2014 |
| 7 | Manaslu (8163 m) | 2021, 2019, 2018, 2011 |
| 8 | Nanga Parbat (8126 m) | 2023 |
| 9 | Annapurna I (8091 m) | 2021 |
| 10 | Broad Peak (8051 m) | 2019 |
| 11 | Gasherbrum II (8035 m) | 2019 |
References[edit]
- ^ "Fastest double-header of the Higher Eight-thousanders (with bottled oxygen)". Guinness World Records.
- ^ "Annapurna Wrap-Up: Interview with Mingma Dorchi Sherpa". Explorersweb. 20 April 2021. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
- ^ "Mingma Dorchi Sherpa Sets World Record For Fastest Consecutive Summits of Everest, Lhotse". mountainplanet.com. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
- ^ Sen, Sandeep (1 June 2019). "Mingma Dorchi Sherpa sets world record for fastest consecutive summits of Everest, Lhotse". The Himalayan Times. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
- ^ "सबैभन्दा कम समयमा सगरमाथाको आरोहण गर्दै मिङ्मा दोर्ची शेर्पाले बनाए नयाँ कीर्तिमान". Nepal Live.
- ^ "मध्यरातमा एक्लै सगरमाथाको शिखर चुम्दा".
- ^ "Our Team". www.pioneeradventure.com.
- ^ "Mingma Dorchi Sherpa: When you climb for long time, you want to do things to be remembered - OnlineKhabar English News". 24 June 2019.