In 1973, a large mountaineering team of 64 members came from Italy to climb Mt. Everest. One hundred Sherpas were involved in the expedition. Eight members of the team had successfully climbed Mt. Everest from the southern face and among them was the youngest climber, Shambhu Tamang. He set the world record for climbing Mt. Everest at the youngest age. He had climbed Everest on May 5, 1973 at the age of 17 years, 6 months and 15 days.

However, Tamang said he did not go to Everest for the record. He said that he was attracted to climb the mountain by seeing those who went to the mountain through his village from an early age.

Tembachiri Sherpa broke Tamang’s record in 2001, 29 years after he had long held the record. Tembachiri climbed Mt. Everest at the age of 16.