Pembaa – Pemba Dolma Sherpa
https://www.wizard101central.com/wiki/NPC:Pembaa
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pemba_Doma_Sherpa
Pembaa is a Recipe Vendor in Krokotopia. He becomes available after completing The Attaché Case quest, and can be found in Kembaalung Village. Pembaa sells the Tapestry to Kembaalung Recipe.
Pemba Dolma Sherpa (July 7, 1970 – May 22, 2007) 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 Dolma Sherpa climbed Cho Oyu from the Tibetan side on Sep 28, 2005.
A resident of Namche-1 of Solukhumbu district, Pemba Dolma 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.
Pemba Dolma fell to her death on May 22, 2007 from an elevation of 8000 meters while descending Lhotse, the fourth highest peak in the world. Lhotse is located on the border between Tibet and Nepal.
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