Ming Kipa facts for kids
Ming Kipa (Nepali: मिङ किपा शेर्पा) was born in 1988. She is a Nepalese Sherpa woman who made history by climbing Mount Everest. From 2003 to 2010, she held the record for being the youngest person to reach the top of the world's highest mountain.
Ming Kipa reached the summit of Mount Everest on May 22, 2003. She was only 15 years old at the time! She climbed with her brother, Mingma Gyula, and her sister, Lhakpa. Because Nepalese law says climbers must be at least 16 years old to climb Everest from Nepal, Ming Kipa climbed from the Chinese side of the mountain.
Her record was later broken in 2010 by Jordan Romero. He reached the summit on May 22, 2010, when he was 13 years and 10 months old. Before Ming Kipa, the record holder was Temba Tsheri, who climbed Everest in 2001 at the age of 16.
When Ming Kipa set her record in 2003, about 1200 people had successfully climbed Mount Everest since 1953. Climbing Everest is a very difficult and dangerous challenge.
See also
- List of Mount Everest records
- Dicky Dolma
- Melissa Arnot
- Shriya Shah-Klorfine
