Babu Chiri was born on 22, June 1965 in Taksindu Village of Solukhumbu district. Chiri was the third offspring in his family of 8 with 5 brothers and 3 sisters. His Father Lhakpa sherpa and Mother Pasi Sherpa are Yak herder and simple potato farmer living in the lap of the snow capped mountains...
He was married at the age of 15 with Ang Futi Sherpa. He has six daughters. They are Yandi Sherpa, Dali Sherpa, Lhakpa Sherpa, Pasi Sherpa, Nima Sherpa and Tashi Sherpa. Mr. Chiri belongs to the Nepalese ethnic group Sherpa. Since there was no school in the village, he hadn't had opportunity to study. During his childhood, parents would have to send their children to the school located faraway from the village often walking for hours, which his parents could not afford. Since Taksindu was a trekking route, porters and mountaineers trailing along the route was a common sight for the growing Chiri. He would often watch these peak baggers in their pursuit and inevitably developed an interest in it having watched the trekkers so closely from his early childhood. When he actually took to his cherished interest, it was at the age of 13, he picked up this career of trekking along with his friends. It was then that he visited Kathmandu for the first time. Otherwise up to the age of 13, he was playing gloriously high up in the mountains.
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