Sudarshan Gautam

Sudarshan Gautam (Nepali: सुदर्शन गौतम; born 1978, in Nepal) is the first person without arms to have reached the summit of Mount Everest without the use of prosthetics. He did this on May 20, 2013.[1] Gautam lost his arms in an accident in childhood. He now lives in Canada. In 2014, he appeared in the Nepali movie, Himmatwali.[2]

Life and education

Gautam was born in Bhauduri, a village in the Ramechhap District, Nepal. As a boy, growing up in Kathmandu, where his parents had moved, he had an accident with a live power cable that led to the amputation of both of his arms.[1]

Gautam received a Diploma in Computer Science using a non-modified computer with his feet. He received a master's degree from the Nepal Commerce Campus.[3]

In 2007, Gautam became a citizen of Canada. He is married with one child, a son. Gautam lives in Toronto, Ontario.

Mountaineering

Prior to climbing Mount Everest, Gautam reached the peaks of Mount Ramdung (5,925 metres (19,439 ft)) and Mount Yala (5,732 metres (18,806 ft)).[1][4]

On May 19, 2013, while descending from Mount Everest, Gautam required a high altitude helicopter rescue.[5]

Awards

On June 30, 2013, NRN-Canada, the national organization of Nepali Diaspora in Canada, honored Gautam as an outstanding Nepali Diaspora member.[6] He was their brand ambassador from 2014 to 2016. In 2014, Gautam was received into the Canadian Disability Hall of Fame.[7] In May 2017, he received a South Asian Canadian Trailblazers Award. On November 2017 Sudarshan Gautam has been chosen one of the ten Canadian for Toyota globel campion. He has also received a Compelling Calgarians Award.

Acting

In 2014, Gautam appeared in the Nepali movie, Himmatwali ("a brave person") with Rekha Thapa.[2] In January 2017, Gautam hosted the Nepali Film Fair in Canada.

References
  1. Seema Dhawan (23 May 2013). "Sudarshan Gautam Climbs Everest: Armless Calgary Man On Top Of The World". Huffington Post Alberta. Retrieved 3 July 2013.
  2. Himmatwali X Nepali 14 October 2014. Accessed 19 April 2015.
  3. Put your hands together for the first armless man to climb Everest. IB Times 23 May 2013. Accessed 14 July 2103.
  4. Armless Calgarian completes historic summit of Mount Everest Calgary Herald 20 May 2013. Accessed 14 July 2013.
  5. "Daring High Altitude Rescue on Everest Sets Records". Rock and Ice. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
  6. Program outline of the 6th National Convention NRN-Canada 9 April 2013. Accessed 3 July 2013.
  7. "Previous Hall of Fame Inductees". Canadian Foundation for Physically Disabled Persons. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
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