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Ang Rita

1948 - 2020

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Ang Rita Sherpa (Nepali: आङरिता शेर्पा; 27 July 1948 – 21 September 2020) was a Nepalese mountaineer who climbed Mount Everest ten times without using supplemental oxygen between 1983 and 1996. His sixth climb set the world record for the most successful ascents of Mount Everest, which he re-set on his tenth climb. Although others have since summitted Everest more, he still holds the record for most summits without supplemental oxygen. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ang Rita has received more than 122,442 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Ang Rita is the 46th most popular mountaineer (down from 37th in 2019), the 41st most popular biography from Nepal (down from 28th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Nepalese Mountaineer.

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  • 120k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 43.18

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.60

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.41

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MOUNTAINEERS

Among mountaineers, Ang Rita ranks 46 out of 56. Before him are Bachendri Pal, Apa Sherpa, Oh Eun-sun, Edurne Pasaban, Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner, and Joe Simpson. After him are Nirmal Purja, Alison Hargreaves, Dean Potter, David Lama, Erik Weihenmayer, and Arunima Sinha.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Ang Rita ranks 630. Before him are Pierre Rapsat, Calistrat Cuțov, Sergio Ahumada, Srgjan Kerim, Lisbeth Korsmo, and Richard Tandy. After him are David Marks, Robert Taylor, Patricia A. McKillip, Marcia Strassman, Adolfas Šleževičius, and Bob Lanier. Among people deceased in 2020, Ang Rita ranks 651. Before him are Ambrose Mandvulo Dlamini, Constand Viljoen, Kurt Stettler, Blagoja Georgievski, Zindzi Mandela, and Flossie Wong-Staal. After him are Haruma Miura, Nicolas Alfonsi, Ahmad NikTalab, Touriya Jabrane, Pau Donés, and James Flynn.

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In Nepal

Among people born in Nepal, Ang Rita ranks 41 out of 59. Before him are KP Sharma Oli (1952), Prithvi Bir Bikram Shah (1875), Surya Bahadur Thapa (1928), Lokendra Bahadur Chand (1940), Pratap Singh Shah (1751), and Man Mohan Adhikari (1920). After him are Nirmal Purja (1983), Kirti Nidhi Bista (1927), Baburam Bhattarai (1954), Madhav Kumar Nepal (1953), Sahana Pradhan (1927), and Tulsi Giri (1926).

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Among MOUNTAINEERS In Nepal

Among mountaineers born in Nepal, Ang Rita ranks 3. Before him are Tenzing Norgay (1914), and Apa Sherpa (1960). After him are Nirmal Purja (1983), and Lhakpa Sherpa (1974).

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