Phu dorji biography of albert

He climbed the peak by the South East Ridge [ 2 ] and was the first Indian ever to reach the summit without using any supplemental oxygen.

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He was part of a joint Indian-British expedition to then unclimbed Brammah 1 , 6, m 21, ft , in the Kishtwar Himalaya in Dorjee and Balwant Sandhu then joined Bonington and Estcourt on a summit attempt but they stepped back because supplies were limited. Ultimately Bonington and Estcourt managed to make the first ascent but they were not accompanied by any of the Indian climbers.

Dorjee was a member of an expedition to Siniolchu 6, m 22, ft in , [ 7 ] about 20 climbers ascended the mountain by the northwest ridge, he was one of the six climbers in the first successful summit party. In he was appointed as the lead instructor at the Sonam Gyatso Mountaineering Institute. Kukrety for selecting the team to go to Kangchenjunga the following year.

Dorjee and four others reached the summit. Dorjee died in May on Kangchanjunga. Kukrety [ 12 ] and led the first three-member team who set out for the summit, via the northeast spur, on 24 May. On 31 May some Buddhist prayer flags, which Dorjee's group had been carrying, were found about 25 feet below the summit by the expedition's second party. Dorjee was 35 years old when he ascended Everest in He received the Padma Shri in after his solo ascent of Everest without supplemental oxygen.

In he was posthumously awarded the Kirti Chakra for his accomplishment.

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