Sherpa lady climbs Everest for 10th time, breaks personal document

A Nepali Sherpa broke her personal record as the most successful feminine climber of Mount Everest by reaching the summit of the world’s highest peak Thursday

By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA Related Press

12 Could 2022, 11:26

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KATHMANDU, Nepal -- A Nepali Sherpa broke her personal file as probably the most profitable feminine climber of Mount Everest by reaching the summit of the world's highest peak Thursday.

Lakpa Sherpa and several other other climbers took benefit of favorable climate to achieve the 8,849-meter (29,032-foot) summit early in the morning, her brother and expedition organizer Mingma Gelu mentioned. He stated she was in good well being and was safely descending from the peak.

Sherpa, 48, by no means received a chance to get a proper education because she needed to begin incomes a dwelling by carrying climbing gear and supplies for trekkers. Thursday's successful ascent was her tenth — essentially the most instances any woman has climbed Everest — and he or she has always mentioned she wished to inspire all ladies in order that they too can achieve their goals.

A native of Nepal, Sherpa lives within the U.S. together with her three kids in West Hartford, Connecticut.

Another Nepalese Sherpa guide, Kami Rita, reached the summit for the twenty sixth time Saturday, breaking his own document for probably the most climbs of Everest. Rita led a gaggle of Sherpa climbers who fixed ropes along the route so that a whole bunch of different climbers and guides can make their approach to the highest of the mountain later this month.

Tons of of foreign climbers and an equal variety of Sherpa guides are set to try climbs of Everest in Might, the month when weather circumstances within the Himalayan peaks are most favorable for climbing.