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Nawang Sherpa (born c. 1972)
became the
first person to
climb Mount Everest with a
prosthetic leg by
reaching the
summit on May 16, 2004. He is also the...
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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...
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National Museum,
which are
setting up the Lt.
Nawang Kapadia Collection. This is in
addition to the Lt.
Nawang Kapadia Library already in
existence at the...
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Nawang Dorje Sherpa is a
Nepalese mountaineer and
mountain guide, best
known for the
first ascent of
Dhaulagiri as a
member of Helvetic-Austrian expedition...
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Nawang Khechog (Tibetan: ངག་དབང་མཁས་མཆོག་, Wylie: Nga-dbang Mkhas-mchog; also
known as
Nawang Khechong) is a
Tibetan flute player and composer. Nawang...
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Nawang Tashi Rapten (born 16
April 2018) is a
Tibetan lama and the
current Supreme Head of the
Nyingma School, the
oldest of the four
major schools of...
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Nawang Dendup (also
pronounced Dhendup, born 20
September 1980) is a
Bhutanese former footballer and manager. He made his
first appearance for the Bhutan...
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Nawang Rigzin Jora is an
Indian politician and
former Minister for
Urban Development and
Urban Local Bodies, Ladakh, India.
Nawang Rigzin Jora was born...
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Nawang Pelzang (born 15 July 1951), is an
archer who
internationally represented Bhutan Pelzang took up
archery when he was 12
years old, and won the National...
- 1960, 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...
