Shambu Tamang (1955 - ?) a Sherpa from Nepal, was the youngest person on record to successfully ascend Mount Everest. Records differ on his acutal age at the time of the successful climb; although most records claim he was 16 years of age, it is currently believed he was acutally 18 years old. 1955 is a common year starting on Saturday. ... The word Sherpa originally referred to an ethnic group from the most mountainous region of Nepal, high into the Himalayas. ... This article is about the Alpine mountain. ...
After his first successful climb of the mountain, he returned 12 years later and climbed it a second time, summitting on December 28, 1985. December 28 is the 362nd day of the year (363rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 3 days remaining. ... 1985 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
External Links
Shambu Tamang at everersthistory.com (http://www.everesthistory.com/youngest.htm)
Everest Timeline at NPR (http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=3868670)
The Tamang (also known as Murmi) are one of the several ethnic groups living in Nepal descended from Tibeto-Burman origins.
The name Tamang, in Tibetan, means horse traders, which suggest that their ancestors came from the north and traded horses with the local community (Newars) and later settled and intermarried among them.
The Tamangs are followers of Tibetan Buddhism mixed with elements of the pre-Buddhist Bön and the Tambaist religion.
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