On the 1963 American Mount Everest expedition, Jim Whittaker and Sherpa Nawang Gombu reached the summit of Mount Everest on May 1, 1963, using the conventional route via the South Col. This was the fi
Mount Everest from the west with West Ridge sloping down over snowfield (center), flanked by Changtse (left) and Lhotse (right background)
Everest kalapatthar crop
Phu Dorjee Sherpa
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Phu Dorjee Sherpa was 23rd person in the world to climb Mount Everest.
1965 Indian stamp dedicated to the 1965 Everest Expedition
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi meets the living members of the 1965 Indian Everest Expedition on the Golden Jubilee of the occasion on 20 May 2015. Note: Phu Dorjee Sherpa is not pictured.