Dawa Thondup

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'''Dawa Thondup''' (1907-) <ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.himalayanclub.org/hj/16/9/himalayan-porters/ | title = Himalayan Porters | journal =Himalayan Journal| date=1951| volume =#15 | pages= | access-date = 5 February 2025 }}</ref> (also '''Da Thondup'''<ref>{{cite journal |title=Die Achttausender |first=Günter |last=Dyhrenfurth |author-link=Günter Dyhrenfurth |language=de |access-date=18 January 2022 |year=1945 |journal=Die Alpen |volume=21 |page=120 |url=https://www.sac-cas.ch/it/le-alpi/die-achttausender-3-5897/}}</ref><ref name=Headstrap>{{cite book | title = Headstrap: Legends and Lore from the Climbing Sherpas of Darjeeling | date=2024| last1 =Purandare | first1 = Nandini | last2 =Balsavar | first2 = Deepa| isbn = 978-1680516401 |publisher =Mountaineers Books |pages= 133–135 }}</ref> or '''Da Thundu'''<ref name=Tigers>{{cite book | title = Tigers of the Snow: Sherpa Climbers | date=2002| first = Jonathan| last = Neale| isbn=9780316854900 |publisher =Little Brown |pages=196-197 | access-date = 4 July 2025 | url = https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Tigers_of_the_Snow/zppZ5zUquOEC?hl=en&gbpv=1&printsec=frontcover}}</ref>) was an Indian [[Sherpa people|Sherpa]] mountaineer from the Nepali village of [[Khumjung]].<ref name=Tigers/>{{rp|page=148|style=ama}} He had been a porter on the [[1933 British Mount Everest expedition]], he survived the [[1934 Nanga Parbat climbing disaster]], and he was a team member on a 1935 expedition led by James Waller and [[John Hunt, Baron Hunt|John Hunt]] to [[Saltoro Kangri]].<ref name=hunt>{{cite book |title=Life Is Meeting |first=John |last=Hunt |year=1978 |location=London |publisher=Hodder and Stoughton |isbn=0340229632 |pages=36–37, 48}}</ref> In 1937, he was with Hunt again during an expedition in the [[Kanchenjunga]] area.<ref name=hunt/> The next year, he was part of a group led by James Waller that attempted to climb [[Masherbrum]]. Thondup was a "first-class porter" on that expedition; with Waller, he reached Camp 6, at 23,500 feet, and had been picked for the second summit team, but the first team returned because of bad weather and all climbers descended.<ref>{{cite journal |title=The Attempt on Masherbrum, 1938 |first=J. O. M. |last=Roberts |url=https://www.himalayanclub.org/hj/11/3/the-attempt-on-masherbrum-1938/ |journal=[[Himalayan Journal]] |volume=11 |year=1939}}</ref>

'''Dawa Thondup''' (1907-) <ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.himalayanclub.org/hj/16/9/himalayan-porters/ | title = Himalayan Porters | journal =Himalayan Journal| date=1951| volume =#15 | pages= | access-date = 5 February 2025 }}</ref> (also '''Da Thondup'''<ref>{{cite journal |title=Die Achttausender |first=Günter |last=Dyhrenfurth |author-link=Günter Dyhrenfurth |language=de |access-date=18 January 2022 |year=1945 |journal=Die Alpen |volume=21 |page=120 |url=https://www.sac-cas.ch/it/le-alpi/die-achttausender-3-5897/}}</ref><ref name=Headstrap>{{cite book | title = Headstrap: Legends and Lore from the Climbing Sherpas of Darjeeling | date=2024| last1 =Purandare | first1 = Nandini | last2 =Balsavar | first2 = Deepa| isbn = 978-1680516401 |publisher =Mountaineers Books |pages= 133–135 }}</ref> or '''Da Thundu'''<ref name=Tigers>{{cite book | title = Tigers of the Snow: Sherpa Climbers | date=2002| first = Jonathan| last = Neale| isbn=9780316854900 |publisher =Little Brown |pages=196-197 | access-date = 4 July 2025 | url = https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Tigers_of_the_Snow/zppZ5zUquOEC?hl=en&gbpv=1&printsec=frontcover}}</ref>) was a [[Sherpa people|Sherpa]] mountaineer from the Nepali village of [[Khumjung]].<ref name=Tigers/>{{rp|page=148|style=ama}} He had been a porter on the [[1933 British Mount Everest expedition]], he survived the [[1934 Nanga Parbat climbing disaster]], and he was a team member on a 1935 expedition led by James Waller and [[John Hunt, Baron Hunt|John Hunt]] to [[Saltoro Kangri]].<ref name=hunt>{{cite book |title=Life Is Meeting |first=John |last=Hunt |year=1978 |location=London |publisher=Hodder and Stoughton |isbn=0340229632 |pages=36–37, 48}}</ref> In 1937, he was with Hunt again during an expedition in the [[Kanchenjunga]] area.<ref name=hunt/> The next year, he was part of a group led by James Waller that attempted to climb [[Masherbrum]]. Thondup was a "first-class porter" on that expedition; with Waller, he reached Camp 6, at 23,500 feet, and had been picked for the second summit team, but the first team returned because of bad weather and all climbers descended.<ref>{{cite journal |title=The Attempt on Masherbrum, 1938 |first=J. O. M. |last=Roberts |url=https://www.himalayanclub.org/hj/11/3/the-attempt-on-masherbrum-1938/ |journal=[[Himalayan Journal]] |volume=11 |year=1939}}</ref>

Thondup participated in the disastrous [[1939 American Karakoram expedition to K2]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Kauffman |first1=Andrew J. |last2= Putnam |first2=William L. |year=1992 |title=K2: The 1939 Tragedy |location=Seattle, WA |publisher=Mountaineers |isbn=978-0-89886-323-9 |page=54}}</ref> He may have been part of the English-Swiss expedition in 1950 that was the first to summit [[Abi Gamin]].<ref>Himalayan Journal 17, p.80</ref><ref>{{cite book | first=Toni | last=Hiebeler | title=Himalaja und Karakorum}}</ref><ref name="sircar">[[Joydeep Sircar]],''Himalayan handbook'', Calcutta 1979</ref><ref>[[Frank Smythe]], [https://books.google.com/books?id=HfSJCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT15 Kamet Conquered: The historic first ascent of a Himalayan giant], p. 15</ref> and was a porter on the [[1952 Swiss Mount Everest expedition|Swiss expedition]] to Everest in 1952.<ref name=Tigers/>{{rp|page=196|style=ama}} He also participated in [[1953 British Mount Everest expedition]] led by Col. John Hunt.<ref>{{cite web|title=akg-images -|url=https://www.akg-images.com/archive/-2UMDHUA88NNR.html|access-date=2022-01-18|website=www.akg-images.com}}</ref> He was again on Everest in the 1955 International Himalayan Expedition, headed by Norman Dyhrenfurth.<ref name=Tigers/>{{rp|page=197|style=ama}}

Thondup participated in the disastrous [[1939 American Karakoram expedition to K2]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Kauffman |first1=Andrew J. |last2= Putnam |first2=William L. |year=1992 |title=K2: The 1939 Tragedy |location=Seattle, WA |publisher=Mountaineers |isbn=978-0-89886-323-9 |page=54}}</ref> He may have been part of the English-Swiss expedition in 1950 that was the first to summit [[Abi Gamin]].<ref>Himalayan Journal 17, p.80</ref><ref>{{cite book | first=Toni | last=Hiebeler | title=Himalaja und Karakorum}}</ref><ref name="sircar">[[Joydeep Sircar]],''Himalayan handbook'', Calcutta 1979</ref><ref>[[Frank Smythe]], [https://books.google.com/books?id=HfSJCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT15 Kamet Conquered: The historic first ascent of a Himalayan giant], p. 15</ref> and was a porter on the [[1952 Swiss Mount Everest expedition|Swiss expedition]] to Everest in 1952.<ref name=Tigers/>{{rp|page=196|style=ama}} He also participated in [[1953 British Mount Everest expedition]] led by Col. John Hunt.<ref>{{cite web|title=akg-images -|url=https://www.akg-images.com/archive/-2UMDHUA88NNR.html|access-date=2022-01-18|website=www.akg-images.com}}</ref> He was again on Everest in the 1955 International Himalayan Expedition, headed by Norman Dyhrenfurth.<ref name=Tigers/>{{rp|page=197|style=ama}}

He was awarded a [[Tiger Badge]] by the [[Himalayan Club]] in 1939 for his part in the 1939 American Karakoram expedition to K2.<ref>{{cite web | website = Himalayan Club | access-date = 5 February 2025 | url =https://www.himalayanclub.org/activities/awards/tiger-badge/ | title =The Tiger Badge }}</ref>

He was awarded a [[Tiger Badge]] by the [[Himalayan Club]] in 1939 for his part in the 1939 American Karakoram expedition to K2.<ref>{{cite web | website = Himalayan Club | access-date = 5 February 2025 | url =https://www.himalayanclub.org/activities/awards/tiger-badge/ | title =The Tiger Badge }}</ref>

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