Gongbu (Chinese: 贡布; pinyin: Gòngbù; 1933 – 8 December 2024), also known as Konbu, Gonbu, or Gonpa, born Gonpo Dorje (Tibetan: མགོན་པོ་རྡོ་རྗེ, Wylie: mgon po rdo rje), was a Chinese mountaineer who was the eighth person and first Tibetan to summit Mount Everest.
For the next two years, the Chinese government planned a climb of Everest: Gongbu was assigned to logistics and road-building.
[1] Finally, in May 1960, the Chinese team with Gongbu managed to perform the first climb of Everest from the north side.
Prior expeditions had turned back at the Second Step, but Gongbu's team used technical methods to overcome the challenge.
[1] After the climb, Gongbu met Mao Zedong, and became a deputy director of the Sports Commission of Tibet.