Name Chhewang Nima | Died 2010 | |
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Sherpa guides missing in avalanche on Nepal peak
Chhewang Nima (Nepali: छेवाङ निमा) (c. 1967 – 23 October 2010) was a well known Nepalese Sherpa who had climbed Mount Everest 19 times at the time of his loss on Baruntse. He was also called Chuwang Nima, and Chuwang Nima Sherpa. His loss in the avalanche and subsequent search made international news, and he was a well known mountaineer in the United States as well as Nepal. He worked as a professional mountaineer, but at the time of his loss he was helping another team fix lines after they had asked for help.
His disappearance, after being struck by an avalanche near the summit of Mount Baruntse, was reported on 24 October 2010. On 25 October it was announced that the search had been called off.
Examples of summits:
At the time of Chhewang's loss he had 19 Everest summits, one short of most in the World, Apa Sherpa's who had 20 ascents at the time of Chhewang's loss. (Apa later increased this to 21)