Ang Tsering

Ang Tshering (or Ang Tsering) (1904 - May 22, 2002)[1] was a sherpa known for his participation in the 1924 British Mount Everest expedition and the 1934 Nanga Parbat climbing disaster.[2]

Ang Tshering
Born1904
Nepal
AwardsGerman Red Cross medal

Tsering was born in Nepal in 1904, and worked as a sherpa from 1924 to 1973.[3] He worked as a sherpa for the British expedition to Mount Everest. He was paid "Twelve annas, that's three-quarters of a rupee."[2] During the Nanga Parbat expedition, he spent seven[4] or nine[3] days in the storm until he reached Camp One, and then was able to alert the Germans about the disaster.[5] He worked as a sherpa for the Indian Everest Expedition 1965.[6][7][8][9][10][11]

References
  1. https://www.himalayanclub.org/resources/the-himalaya/2002/
  2. Douglas, Ed (2001-04-23). "Ed Douglas talks to the Sherpa of a 1924 Everest expedition". the Guardian. Retrieved 2018-09-24.
  3. Stewart, Jules (2001-04-08). "The mist rolled in, Mallory was lost". ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2018-09-24.
  4. 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.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. "A short history of Nanga Parbat, the Naked German Mountain". Mark Horrell. 2012-08-01. Retrieved 2018-09-24.
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