Pasang Dawa Lama

Pasang Dawa Lama (1912 – September 15, 1982) was a Sherpa Nepalese mountaineer, sirdar. Pasang is considered to be one of the greatest Sherpa mountaineers of the 20th century.

Pasang was part of Spencer Chapman's expedition to Chomolhari in 1937. Chapman had evisaged that the more experienced Pasang Kikuli would be part of the summit team but it was Spencer Chapman and Pasang Dawa Lama who reached the summit on 21 May 1937, they then endured a protracted and epic descent.

In 1939, Pasang participated in the expedition to K2 led by Fritz Wiessner. The two men came very close to reaching the summit, until the cautious Pasang asked not to continue climbing as night had fallen. The pair were unable to return for a second attempt. He was awarded a Tiger Badge by the Himalayan Club in 1939.

In 1954, along with Herbert Tichy and Sepp Jöchler, Pasang made the first ascent of Cho Oyu.

In 1956, Pasang was sirdar for the 1956 Swiss expedition to Everest and Lhotse, that made the first successful ascent of Lhotse, and the second and third ascents of Everest.

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