Pasang Lhamu Sherpa Akita

Quick Facts

Birth Date: , 1984
Full Name: Pasang Lhamu Sherpa Akita
Birth Place: Khumjung, Nepal
Net Worth: 1 to 5 Million USD
Ethnicity: South-Asian
Nationality: Nepalese
Profession: Nepali mountaineer, Mountain guide
Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: Black

Mountaineer Pasang Lhamu Sherpa Akita is from Nepal. She is renowned for being the first woman from Nepal to ascend K2 and work as a guide. She has scaled summits including Lobuche, Ama Dablam, and Everest.

What is the Net worth of Pasang Lhamu Sherpa Akita?

The experienced climber, Pasang Lhamu Sherpa Akita is thought to be worth between one and five million dollars. But Pasang Lhamu Sherpa Akita appears to be gaining a lot of notoriety and recognition as a climber.

Pasang Lhamu Sherpa Akita named Nat Geo's People's Choice Adventurer of the  Year
Pasang Lhamu Sherpa Akita climbing mountain photo. Via The Kathmandu Post

Early Years and Parents

The mountaineer from Nepal was born in Khumjung in 1984. Pasang Lhamu Sherpa Akita is a 38-year-old Nepalese national as of 2022. Her ancestry is South Asian. Her initial name, Pasang, refers to both the day of her birth, Friday, in Nepali. Later, she was given the name Pasang Lhamu Sherpa in honor of the first woman from Nepal to summit Everest. After marrying her spouse, Tora Akita, she later adopted the surname Akita.

Her parents, who shall remain unnamed, raised her in Lukla. She and her mother were left orphaned after her mother passed away because her father passed away when she was still a young child. Later, she finished her education in Kathmandu and started a career as a mountaineer.

What is the Professional Career of Pasang Lhamu Sherpa Akita?

Four years into her career as a mountaineer, she enrolled in Conrad Anker’s Khumbu Climbing Center. She later earned a diploma in mountaineering from the École Nationale du ski et de l’alpinisme in Chamonix, France. She was the first female to ascend Nangpai Gosum II in 2006. In 2007, She, scaled Mount Everest after much delay.

She shattered the glass ceiling to become the first professional female mountain guide in Nepal at the time. She ascended K2 with a group of three women in 2014. It accomplished the ascent as the first female Nepali climbing team. She was part of a group of climbers that included Dawa Yangzum Sherpa and Maya Sherpa, who were even a part of a larger expedition with other Sherpas and climbers. The climb was done to raise awareness of climate change on the 60th anniversary of the first summit of K2.

Akita has also scaled several formidable peaks, including Yala Peak, Ama Dablam, Lobuche, Imja Tse, and Aconcagua. Even mountaineering expeditions in Argentina, France, Pakistan, and the USA used her as an instructor. Even Pasang’s biopic was included in the 2021 film Dream Mountain directed by Cira Crowell. Also, Even the London Mountainfilm Festival’s “Best Mountainfilm” prize went to it. The movie received nominations for No Man’s Land and the Kendall Mountain Tour in the UK and the US, respectively. The film was selected for the prestigious Banff Mountainfilm Festival World Tour.

Married life of Pasang Lhamu Sherpa Akita

Pasang Lhamu Sherpa Akita, when asked about her personal life, revealed that she is married. Tora Akita is the name of her husband. He is a physical therapist from Nepal with Japanese ancestry. She originally met him while she was undergoing treatment for a climbing hip injury, and the two eventually got married in 2010.

Son

Her first child, a son named Ei-chan Nurbu, was born in November 2017, and she is a proud mother of him. He will be five years old in 2022. She initially experienced new difficulties because she was expected to stay at home and care for him because this was seen as the mother’s duty. But Pasang admitted that she wished to encourage her son and instill in him the value of pursuing one’s aspirations. So, on November 14, 2019, his second birthday, she reached the top of Cholatse, a 6,440-meter mountain in the Everest region.

Body Stats and Social Media

Her height, weight, and other physical characteristics are unknown. She also has hair that is the same color as her eyes, which are black. Instagram user @pasang lhamu sherpa akita is the handle of her account. She has more than 6.6K followers on it. Similarly, she has a legitimate Facebook page with 7.9K followers that bears her name.

Relationship Facts

  • Pasang Lhamu Sherpa Akita is married to Tora Akita.
  • She is mother of Son (Ei-chan Nurbu).
  • Pasang is not having an affair with anyone presently.
  • Her sexual orientation is straight.

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