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Nawang Gombu (1 May 1936 – 24
April 2011) was a
Sherpa mountaineer who was the
first man in the
world to have
climbed Mount Everest twice.
Gombu was born...
- failed.
Climbers Colonel Narendra Kumar,
Sonam Gyatso, and
Sherpa Nawang Gombu reached 28,300 feet (8,600 m), just 700 feet (210 m) from the summit, but...
- world.
Supported by his
younger brother Ang Dawa
Sherpa and
friend Nima
Gombu Sherpa, the team
faced record snowfall and
logistical challenges that ultimately...
- Noy
conducted with the
Tibetan climber Gombu, who
reached the
summit with the
Chinese expedition of 1960.
Gombu recalled having found the
remains of an...
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Polly Umrigar (1962) S****
Mushtaq Ali (1963) M. J.
Gopalan (1964)
Nawang Gombu (1964)
Charanjit Singh (1964) H. P. S.
Ahluwalia (1965)
Avtar Singh Cheema...
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Everest Expedition led by
Norman Dyhrenfurth,
alongside the
Sherpa Nawang Gombu, a
nephew of
Tenzing Nor****. They ran out of oxygen, but
managed to reach...
- of
Buddhist spiritual leader Jebstundamba Khutukhtu of Urga. Undeterred,
Gombu-Dorzhu sent a
petition to the
Russian Tsar's
Frontier Superintendent at...
- was led by
Captain M S Kohli. He
along with
Avtar Singh Cheema,
Nawang Gombu Sherpa,
Sonam Gyatso,
Sonam Wangyal,
Chandra Prakash Vohra, Ang Kami Sherpa...
- unsuccessful.
Climbers Colonel Narendra Kumar,
Sonam Gyatso, and
Sherpa Nawang Gombu reached up to 28,300 feet (8,600 meters) but due to
extremely bad weather...
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Polly Umrigar (1962) S****
Mushtaq Ali (1963) M. J.
Gopalan (1964)
Nawang Gombu (1964)
Charanjit Singh (1964) H. P. S.
Ahluwalia (1965)
Avtar Singh Cheema...
