Sungdare Sherpa (Nepali: सुन्दरे शेर्पा) 1956[1] Thame village, Solukhumbu – 1989 Pangboche[2]) was a Nepalese Sherpa guide for climbers of Mount Everest, who summitted Mount Everest five times.
[4] He remained with her after she died, and as a result, lost most of his fingers and toes to frostbite.
[5] Despite losing his digits, Sungdare summitted Mount Everest four more times after the 1979 expedition.
[2] Elizabeth Hawley stated that he struggled with alcoholism and that his death was a suicide.
[2] As quoted in an article in Backpacker magazine talking about Mount Everest:[8] The Summit is always different.