MOUNTAINEER

Apa Sherpa

1960 - Today

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Apa (born Lhakpa Tenzing Sherpa; 20 January 1960), nicknamed "Super Sherpa", is a Nepalese Sherpa mountaineer who, until 2017, jointly with Phurba Tashi held the record for reaching the summit of Mount Everest more times than any other climber. As part of The Eco Everest Expedition 2011, Apa made his 21st Mount Everest summit in May 2011 then retired after a promise to his wife to stop climbing after 21 ascents. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Apa Sherpa has received more than 721,673 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Apa Sherpa is the 41st most popular mountaineer (down from 40th in 2019), the 30th most popular biography from Nepal and the 2nd most popular Nepalese Mountaineer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 720k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.41

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.52

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.57

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MOUNTAINEERS

Among mountaineers, Apa Sherpa ranks 41 out of 56. Before him are Vittorio Sella, Yevgeniy Abalakov, Verney Lovett Cameron, Simone Moro, Denis Urubko, and Bachendri Pal. After him are Oh Eun-sun, Edurne Pasaban, Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner, Joe Simpson, Ang Rita, and Nirmal Purja.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Apa Sherpa ranks 267. Before him are Azim Isabekov, Alain Geiger, Joe Ranft, Kee Marcello, J. Christopher Stevens, and Andrea Anastasi. After him are Courtney B. Vance, Jozef Chovanec, Martina Hellmann, Oleg Menshikov, Pedro Pasculli, and Adrián Campos.

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In Nepal

Among people born in Nepal, Apa Sherpa ranks 30 out of 59. Before him are Araniko (1244), Sher Bahadur Deuba (1946), Bhimsen Thapa (1775), Jung Bahadur Rana (1817), Ashtavakra (null), and Sushil Koirala (1939). After him are Dipendra of Nepal (1971), Queen Aishwarya of Nepal (1949), Jhala Nath Khanal (1950), Rana Bahadur Shah (1775), KP Sharma Oli (1952), and Prithvi Bir Bikram Shah (1875).

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Among MOUNTAINEERS In Nepal

Among mountaineers born in Nepal, Apa Sherpa ranks 2. Before him are Tenzing Norgay (1914). After him are Ang Rita (1948), Nirmal Purja (1983), and Lhakpa Sherpa (1974).

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