Dawa Steven Sherpa
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Dawa Steven was born in March 1984 to Ang Tshering Sherpa, a Nepalese Sherpa, and a Belgian mother. Dawa Steven runs Asian Trekking Pvt. Ltd, established by his father in 1982. He graduated from Heriot-Watt University Scotland with an Honours Degree in Business Administration in 2006 and speaks six languages: Dutch, Nepali, English, Hindi, German and Chinese.
Dawa Steven established Astrek Climbing Wall in the center of Kathmandu. Astrek Climbing Wall sponsors and conducts the training of the Nepali national climbing team,[1] who have now represented Nepal in various international competition, including the Climbing World Cup.[2]
Dawa and his late business partner Ted Atkins established TopOut Nepal Pvt. Ltd.[3]
He was the drop zone safety officer and logistics in charge of the world's highest parachute landing at 20,200 ft on 27 October 2019.[4][5]
He was the lead organiser of the first ice skating and Ice Hockey Event in Nepal. Skate Nepal, as part of the Visit Nepal Year 2020 campaign, at Gokyo Lake (4750m) on 14th Feb. 2020[6][7][8]
Mountaineering
Dawa Steven Sherpa has scaled Mount Everest three times,[9] as well as other Himalayan peaks such as Kanchenjunga,[10] Lhotse,[11] Cho Oyu,[12] Manaslu,[13] Mt. Baruntse[14] and Mount Pumori[15] In 2021 Dawa made the first ascent of the Kidia Route[16] on Mt. Kilimanjaro, together with climber Ake Lindstrom and TANAPA park rangers Henry and Daniel. He has also trekked the entire length of the Nepal Himalaya along the Great Himalaya Trail.[17]