Memorial to Sherpa mountaineer, Babu Chiri Sherpa, at Thukla (Dughla) Pass, along the Everest Base Camp (EBC) trek, Nepal

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Located at 4,800m, Thukla Pass lies on the Everest Base Camp route and leads to the tiny hamlet of Lobuche where trekkers spend a night before their final approach to the base camp. The top of the pass has over 100+ memorials of climbers who have lost their lives while attempting to climb Mt Everest. Babu Chiri Sherpa (1965-2001) summitted Mount Everest 10 times and held two world records: 21 hours on the summit of Everest without auxiliary oxygen and made the fastest ascent of Everest in 16 hours and 56 minutes.

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Location: Nepal
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