Pemba Doma Sherpa () (7 July 1970 – 22 May 2007) Everest 2002: Nepalese Woman Everest Expedition, EverestNews.com was the first Nepalese female mountaineer to climb Mount Everest via its north face, was the second Nepali woman to summit from both the north and south faces, and is one of six women to have summited Everest twice. She was the leader of the 2002 Nepalese Woman Everest Expedition. Pemba Doma Sherpa climbed Cho Oyu from the Tibetan side on 28 September 2005.
A resident of Namche-1 of Solukhumbu district, Pemba Doma had been raised by her grandparents after her parents died when she was two. She attended classes in one of the schools built by Edmund Hillary. She was the founder of the Save the Himalayan Kingdom charity, which focused on educating Nepali children regardless of caste. She was also the director of the Climb High Himalaya trekking company."Famous female Nepal climber dead" , BBC News, 23 May 2007
Pemba Doma fell from an elevation of while descending Lhotse. The fall was witnessed by Australian mountaineer Philip Ling who was also climbing the mountain.Pemba dies on Mt Lhotse , eKantipur.com, 22 May 2007 Two other Sherpas also perished while descending a group of clients during a snowstorm.
Everest summits 20008000er Statistics by Eberhard Jurgalski (Everest)] 2002
See also List of Mount Everest summiters by number of times to the summit List of Mount Everest records Lhakpa Sherpa Ming Kipa
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