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Reaching each summit requires entering the thin air of the \u201cdeath zone\u201d, where there is not enough oxygen to sustain life for long. \u201cWhen I am in the mountains, I may die anytime,\u201d Sherpa said. \u201cYou need to realise how important your life is.\u201d The young man says the mountains have taught him to stay calm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMentally, I have convinced myself…when I see an avalanche, bad weather, an accident in the mountains I am not in a hurry, I don\u2019t get nervous,\u201d he added. \u201cI have convinced myself; this is normal in the mountains. I think this has helped me a lot.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hailing from the Sherpa ethnic group, renowned for its mountaineering prowess, the teenage climber is no stranger to the treacherous terrain. His uncle, Mingma Gyabu \u2018David\u2019 Sherpa, currently holds the record of the youngest person to climb all 14 peaks. He achieved it in 2019, at the age of 30.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
His father, Tashi Sherpa, grew up in the remote Sankhuwasabha district, herding yaks before joining mountaineering as a teenager with his siblings. The entrepreneurial brothers now lead the biggest mountain expedition company in Nepal, Seven Summit Treks, and its sister company, 14 Peaks Expedition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI come from a privileged family,\u201d the teen climber said. \u201cBut going to the mountains has taught me what hardship is, and the real value of life\u201d. Raised in the bustling capital Kathmandu, Sherpa initially preferred to play football. He was also more interested in filming and photography than following his father\u2019s footsteps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMy whole family is from mountaineering. I have always been near mountaineering and expeditions,\u201d he said. \u201cBut I never wanted to be myself in mountaineering.\u201d Instead, he would take his camera out to the mountains during school holidays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But two years ago, he put his camera down to pursue mountaineering, and has since broken records.
In August 2022, Sherpa scaled his first of the 14 peaks, reaching the top of the world\u2019s eighth highest Mount Manaslu (8,163m) at the age of 16, the first teenager to do so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The last mountain he scaled was Kanchenjunga in June, again making a record for the youngest to climb the world\u2019s third-highest mountain. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI have learned so many things about nature, the human body, human psychology\u201d, he said. \u201cEverything in the world I learnt from the mountain.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n When not in the mountains, the student runs on the treadmill every day and avoids junk food. \u201cPhysically and mentally, you should be very fit for big mountain climbing,\u201d his father Tashi Sherpa said, adding he had been helping him prepare for the challenge for years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cHe will inspire newcomers,\u201d he added. Long in the shadows of their paying foreign customers \u2014 it costs more than $45,000 to climb Everest \u2014 Nepali mountaineers are slowly being recognised in their own right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The teenager envisions a future where climbing is recognised as a demanding, athletic pursuit for Nepali climbers as well. \u201cMy focus will be to make mountaineering a professional sport,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n His hero is Tenzing Norgay Sherpa, the first person to climb the world\u2019s highest mountain Everest along with New Zealander Edmund Hillary. Sherpa considers his idol as big to climbing as Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo are to football. \u201cNorgay is someone who is in that league,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But, having seen the impacts of climate change and commercial climbing on the mountains, he is keen on taking a sustainable approach to mountaineering and intends to study environmental science.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIt\u2019s a bigger purpose for what I do,\u201d he said. \u201cWhen I first started climbing, it was purely for myself,\u201d he added. \u201cBut then I realised there is a lot we can do in mountaineering sports, and there are many ways to help the community.\u201d (AFP)<\/em><\/p>\n Nima Rinji Sherpa, with numerous peak ascents already under his belt, has declared his mission to ‘inspire a new generation and redefine mountaineering’s future.’<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1329,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[62,61,66,65,60,64,63],"class_list":["post-1313","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-feature","tag-eight-thousanders","tag-everest","tag-expedition","tag-himalayas","tag-mountaineering","tag-nepal","tag-sherpa"],"acf":[],"author_meta":{"display_name":"8850 Media","author_link":"https:\/\/8850media.com\/np\/author\/usr_8850\/"},"featured_img":"https:\/\/8850media.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Nima-Rinji-Sherpa-4-300x232.jpg","coauthors":[],"tax_additional":{"categories":{"linked":["Feature<\/a>"],"unlinked":["Feature<\/span>"]},"tags":{"linked":["Eight-thousanders<\/a>","Everest<\/a>","Expedition<\/a>","Himalayas<\/a>","Mountaineering<\/a>","Nepal<\/a>","Sherpa<\/a>"],"unlinked":["Eight-thousanders<\/span>","Everest<\/span>","Expedition<\/span>","Himalayas<\/span>","Mountaineering<\/span>","Nepal<\/span>","Sherpa<\/span>"]}},"comment_count":0,"relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 2 \u0935\u0930\u094d\u0937 ago","modified":"Updated 2 \u0935\u0930\u094d\u0937 ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on 22 \u0905\u0917\u0938\u094d\u091f 2024","modified":"Updated on 27 \u0905\u0917\u0938\u094d\u091f 2024"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on 22 \u0905\u0917\u0938\u094d\u091f 2024 13:00","modified":"Updated on 27 \u0905\u0917\u0938\u094d\u091f 2024 22:47"},"featured_img_caption":"[:en]Nima Rinji Sherpa has prioritised the quest to summit all 14 eight-thousanders above other goals since scaling Manaslu nearly two years ago. 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Nepali guides – usually ethnic Sherpas from the valleys around Everest – are considered the backbone of the climbing industry in the Himalayas. They carry the majority of equipment and food, fix ropes and repair ladders.<\/p>\n\n\n\nRelated Images:<\/h3>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"