Records & People
Dawa Yangzum Sherpa spent eight years earning a mountain-guide certification almost no Nepali held — then became the first Nepali woman to summit all…
By Laxman Rawal · Jul 21, 2026
In October 2024, Dawa Yangzum Sherpa stood on the summit of Shishapangma, an 8,027-metre peak in Tibet — the 14th and final eight-thousander on her list. It made her the first Nepali woman ever to climb all fourteen. She was 34 years old, and by then, the…
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Everest and its neighbouring giants are still, in most people's imaginations, a story about men — Hillary and Tenzing, Messner, the long list of 'first man to...' headlines that fill mountaineering history. Dawa Yangzum's career has quietly rebutted that, one…
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