[1][3][2] He was until 2024[4] the youngest person to climb all 14 eight-thousanders,[5][6] and holds the Guinness World Record for "Fastest time to climb Everest and K2", which he did within 61 days.

[7][2] Mingma Gyabu Sherpa is the 43rd climber to have made successful ascents of all 14 eight thousanders; he climbed nine of them with Nirmal Purja as a climbing sherpa in 2019.

[6][8] Mingma Gyabu Sherpa was one of the 10 Nepali mountaineers that made history on 16 January 2021 as the first to ascend K2 in winter.

[9][10] After bad weather hit the lower camps at the foot of K2 and some equipment was lost, Nepali mountaineers of those three teams decided to join efforts and climb the peak together, as a team.

[12] The Union of Asian Alpine Association (UAAA) has honoured Sherpa with one of the Piolet d'Or Asia Awards with the title of Sherpa of the year for his commitment to technical climbings and positive environmental stewardship in the mountains in 2019.