Ang Tsering

Ang Tshering
Born 1904
Nepal
Awards German Red Cross medal

Ang Tshering (or Ang Tsering) was a sherpa know for his participation to the 1924 British Mount Everest expedition and the 1934 Nanga Parbat climbing disaster.[1] He is born in Nepal in 1904, and has worked as a sherpa from 1924 to 1973.[2] He worked as a sherpa for the British expedition to the Mount Everest. He was paid "Twelve annas, that's three-quarters of a rupee."[1] During the Nangat Parbat expedition, he spent seven[3] or nine[2] days in the storm until he reached Camp One, and then was able to alert the Germans about the disaster.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 Douglas, Ed (2001-04-23). "Ed Douglas talks to the Sherpa of a 1924 Everest expedition". the Guardian. Retrieved 2018-09-24.
  2. 1 2 Stewart, Jules (2001-04-08). "'The mist rolled in, Mallory was lost'". ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2018-09-24.
  3. ↑ 1887-, Mason, Kenneth, (1987). Abode of snow : a history of Himalayan exploration and mountaineering from earliest times to the ascent of Everest. London: Diadem. ISBN 978-0906371916. OCLC 16079883.
  4. ↑ "A short history of Nanga Parbat, the Naked German Mountain". Mark Horrell. 2012-08-01. Retrieved 2018-09-24.


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