Nawang Gombu, the first person to climb Mt Everest twice, died in Darjeeling at his residence Monday morning after a brief illness, family sources said.Being the youngest Sherpa to reach South Col during the first successful expedition in 1953, Gombu first climbed Mt Everest along with Jim Whittaker during American Everest Expedition in 1963.He then set a new record when he scaled the world's highest peak again in 1965 along with Capt Awarae Singh Cheema as members of Indian Everest Expedition.
