Ang Rita
Ang Rita aka Angrita Sherpa (Nepali: आङ्गरिता शेर्पा) is a mountain climber who has climbed Mount Everest ten times without the use of supplemental oxygen,[1] and is thus known as "The Snow Leopard".[2] When he made his sixth climb of Everest in 1990 he set the world record for the most number of successful ascents, eventually reaching 10 in 1996.[3] He is a Sherpa born in 1948 in a small village called Yillajung in eastern Nepal.
Ang Rita | |
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आङरिता शेर्पा | |
Born | 1948 (age 71–72) |
Nationality | Nepali |
Citizenship | Nepal |
Occupation | Mountaineer |
Notable work | 10 times climber of Mount Everest |
Everest Summits
In just over 13 years Ang Rita reached the summit of Everest 10 times without the use of bottled oxygen, 8 of which were via the Southeast ridge route. His last summit occurred 12 days following the second deadliest disaster in Everest history, supporting Swedish climber Göran Kropp on the same day as the David Breashears IMAX expedition crew.[4]
Date | Route to Summit | |
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1. | 5/7/1983 | South Col/Southeast ridge |
2. | 10/15/1984 | South Pillar |
3. | 4/29/1985 | South Col/Southeast ridge |
4. | 12/22/1987 | South Col/Southeast ridge |
5. | 10/14/1988 | South Col/Southeast ridge |
6. | 4/23/1990 | South Col/Southeast ridge |
7. | 5/15/1992 | South Col/Southeast ridge |
8. | 5/16/1993 | South Col/Southeast ridge |
9. | 5/13/1995 | North Col/North ridge |
10. | 5/23/1996 | South Col/Southeast ridge |
Conservation
As a staff member with The Mountain Institute (TMI), Ang Rita participated in a task force that led in 1992 to the establishment of Makalu Barun National Park, an innovative protected area that combined biodiversity management with community development. Once the park was established, he served as its Conservation, Education, Tourism, and Natural Resource Officer. He later worked on the project entitled "Community-based Alpine Conservation and Restoration of the Mt. Everest Alpine Zone" and a number of other projects while at TMI, including Sacred Sites of the Khumbu Region and Lake to Lake: Food for Enterprise. Ang Rita received the Sir Edmund Hillary Mountain Legacy Medal in 2011 for his contributions to these and other conservation efforts.[6]
See also
References
- Gillman, Peter; Gillman, Leni (2001). Everest: eighty years of triumph and tragedy. The Mountaineers Books. p. 202. ISBN 0-89886-780-0.
- Hartemann, Frederic; Hauptman, Robert (2005). The Mountain Encyclopedia. Scarecrow Press. p. 190. ISBN 0-8108-5056-7.
- Young, Mark C. (ed.) (1999). The Guinness Book of Records. Bantam Books. p. 531. ISBN 0-553-58075-2.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
- Kropp, Goran. (1999) Ultimate High: My Everest Odyssey. Discovery Books. pp 175-184. ISBN 978-1-56331-830-6
- 8000ers.com. Ascents - Everest (without supplementary oxygen).
- "2011 Hillary Medalist: Ang Rita Sherpa". The Sir Edmund Hillary Mountain Legacy Medal. Mountain Legacy. Retrieved 24 July 2019.