Sonam Gyatso (mountaineer) Indian Mountain Climber
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| Birthday |
30th November, 1922
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| Birthplace |
Kewzing, Sikkim, India
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| Died |
8th April, 1968
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| Place of Death |
New Delhi, India
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| Nationality |
Indian
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| Occupation Text |
Mountaineer
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| Occupation |
Mountain Climber
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| Year(s) Active |
1946–1968
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Sonam Gyatso (1923–1968) was an Indian mountaineer. He was the 2nd Indian man, the 17th man in world and first person from Sikkim to summit Mount Everest, the highest peak in the world. He was one of the nine summiters of the first successful Indian Everest Expeditions that climbed Mount Everest in May 1965 led by Captain M S Kohli. The first time that the oldest man at the time, Sonam Gyatso at age 42, and the youngest man Sonam Wangyal at age 23, climbed Everest together on 22 May 1965. He became the oldest person to scale the peak in 1965 and when he spent 50 minutes at the peak, he set a world record for spending the longest time at the highest point on Earth. The Government of India awarded him the third highest honour of the Padma Bhushan, in 1965, for his contributions to the sport of mountaineering.
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