Sungdare Sherpa

Sungdare Sherpa (Nepali: सुन्दरे शेर्पा) was a Nepalese Sherpa guide for climbers of Mount Everest. He was with Hannelore Schmatz when she died on a 1979 expedition.[1] He remained with her after she died, and as a result, lost most of his fingers and toes to frostbite.[2] He summitted Mount Everest five times.[3] He drowned in a river below his village, Pangboche, in 1989.[4]

Elizabeth Hawley stated that he was suffering from alcoholism, and that his death was a suicide.[5] He was survived by his widow, Bhingfuti.[4]

References

  1. ↑ In the Shadow of Denali: Life and Death on Alaska's Mt. McKinley - Google Books. Books.google.com. Retrieved 2013-10-17.
  2. ↑ "The Alpine Club". Alpine-club.org.uk. Retrieved 2013-10-17.
  3. ↑ Tigers of the Snow and Other Virtual Sherpas: An Ethnography of Himalayan ... - Vincanne Adams - Google Books. Books.google.com. Retrieved 2013-10-17.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1
  5. ↑ Keeper of the Mountains: The Elizabeth Hawley Story - Bernadette McDonald - Google Books. Books.google.com. Retrieved 2013-10-17.