Chhewang Nima, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Chhewang Nima

Nepalese mountain climber

Date of Birth: 20-Aug-1967

Date of Death: 23-Oct-2010

Profession: mountaineer

Nationality: Nepal

Zodiac Sign: Leo


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About Chhewang Nima

  • Chhewang Nima (Nepali: ????? ????) (c.
  • 1967 – 23 October 2010) was a well known Nepalese Sherpa who had climbed Mount Everest 19 times at the time of his loss on Baruntse.
  • He was also called Chuwang Nima, and Chuwang Nima Sherpa.
  • His loss in the avalanche and subsequent search made international news, and he was a well known mountaineer in the United States as well as Nepal.
  • He worked as a professional mountaineer, but at the time of his loss he was helping another team fix lines after they had asked for help.His disappearance, after being struck by an avalanche near the summit of Mount Baruntse, was reported on 24 October 2010.
  • On 25 October it was announced that the search had been called off.Examples of summits: EverestMay 19, 1998 May 20, 2006 Chuwang Nima Sherpa (Tesho, Nepal)Ama DablamOctober 26, 2009 Chuwang Nima Sherpa (Tesho, Nepal)At the time of Chhewang's loss he had 19 Everest summits, one short of most in the World, Apa Sherpa's who had 20 ascents at the time of Chhewang's loss.
  • (Apa later increased this to 21)

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