Phu Dorjee
Phu Dorjee (also spelled Phu Dorji)[1] was a Sherpa and the first Indian to summit Mount Everest without supplemental oxygen.[2] He did so on May 5, 1984 on a solo ascent from the South East Ridge. Dorjee died in 1987 on the Kanchanjunga Expedition of the Assam Rifles.[3]
Another Phu Dorjee had summited Everest in the 1965 Indian Everest Expedition 1965; he died in a fall on Everest on 18 October 1969.[4]
References[]
- ^ "Phu Dorjee". www.everesthistory.com.
- ^ "The first Indian man to climb Mount Everest without oxygen-Phu Dorjee". www.indianbookofrecords.com.
- ^ "The first Indian man to climb Mount Everest without oxygen-Phu Dorjee". www.thecolorsofindia.com.
- ^ "Phu Dorjee Sherpa". www.everesthistory.com.
See also[]
- Indian summiters of Mount Everest - Year wise
- List of Mount Everest records of India
- List of Mount Everest records
- List of Mount Everest summiters by number of times to the summit
- List of 20th-century summiters of Mount Everest
Categories:
- 1987 deaths
- Indian mountain climbers
- Mountaineering deaths
- Recipients of the Padma Shri in sports
- Indian summiters of Mount Everest
- Sherpa summiters of Mount Everest
- Mountain climbers from Sikkim
- Recipients of the Arjuna Award