Pasang Lhamu Sherpa Akita: Biography in Details
Who is Pasang Lhamu Sherpa Akita?
Pasang Lhamu Sherpa Akita is a Nepali mountaineer. She is known as the first Nepali woman to become a guide and to reach the summit of K2.
She has climbed Everest, Ama Dablam, Lobuche, and other mountains.
How old is Pasang Lhamu Sherpa Akita?
The Nepalese mountaineer was born in 1984 in Khumjung, Nepal. As of 2022, Pasang Lhamu Sherpa Akita is 38 years old holding Nepalese nationality. She is of South-Asian ethnicity.
Her first name, Pasang, represents the Nepali word for Friday, and the day of her birth. Later, she was named after the earlier Pasang Lhamu Sherpa, who was the first Nepali woman to climb Everest.
Later, she got her surname Akita, after getting married to her husband, Tora Akita.
She was brought up in Lukla by her anonymous father and mother. Due to the death of her father at her younger age, she and her mother were orphaned by the death of her mother.
Later, Pasang Lhamu Sherpa Akita completed her school studies in Kathmandu and began to work as a mountaineer.
Education Pasang Lhamu Sherpa Akita- Professional Life, Careers
After working as a mountaineer for 4 years, she enrolled at Conrad Anker’s Khumbu Climbing Center. Then, she graduated from the École Nationale du ski et de l’alpinisme based in Chamonix, France with a diploma in mountaineering.
In 2006, she became the first woman to climb, Nangpai Gosum II. After late, Pasang Lhamu Sherpa, Akita climbed Mount Everest in 2007. At that time, there were no professional female mountain guides in Nepal, so she broke the gender barrier to become the first.
As part of a three-woman team, Pasang Lhamu Sherpa Akita climbed K2 in 2014. It became the first Nepali women’s team to climb the mountain.
On the team, Pasang Lhamu Sherpa Akita was with other climbers like Maya Sherpa and Dawa Yangzum Sherpa, who were even members of a larger expedition that included other Sherpas and climbers. The climb took place on the 60th anniversary of the first ascent of K2 and its motive was to make awareness of climate change.
Akita has other climbed other high mountains like Ama Dablam, Lobuche, Imja Tse, Aconcagua, and Yala Peak. She even served as an instructor for mountaineering expeditions in Argentina, France, Pakistan, and the USA.
Even Pasang Lhamu Sherpa Akita’s biopic has been featured in Cira Crowell’s movie, Dream Mountain which was released in 2021. It even won the “Best Mountainfilm” award at the London Mountainfilm Festival.
The film got in the nomination for the Kendall Mountain Tour in the United Kingdom and No Man’s Land in the United States. Even the esteemed Banff Mountainfilm Festival World Tour chose the movie.
What is Pasang Lhamu Sherpa Akita’s net worth?
The accomplished climber has an estimated net worth that ranges between 1 to 5 million USD. However, Pasang Lhamu Sherpa Akita seems to be making good fame and name as a climber.
Pasang Lhamu Sherpa Akita- Rumors, Controversy
Pasang Lhamu Sherpa Akita is keeping herself away from unnecessary rumors and controversies. People always take her as an inspiration and motivation.
Body Features- Height, Weight
There is no info revealing about her height, weight, and other body dimensions. Moreover, Pasang Lhamu Sherpa Akita has a pair of black eyes and hair of the same color.
Social Media
Pasang Lhamu Sherpa Akita has an Instgram account under the username, @pasang_lhamu_sherpa_akita. More than 6.6K people follow her on it.
Similarly, there is an official Facebook page with her name garnering around 7.9K followers.