Sherpa woman climbs Everest for tenth time, breaks own record

A Nepali Sherpa broke her own file as the most successful female climber of Mount Everest by reaching the summit of the world’s highest peak Thursday

By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA Related Press

12 May 2022, 11:26

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

Lakpa Sherpa and a number of other different climbers took benefit of favorable climate to achieve the 8,849-meter (29,032-foot) summit early within the morning, her brother and expedition organizer Mingma Gelu said. He said she was in good health and was safely descending from the peak.

Sherpa, 48, by no means bought an opportunity to get a proper education because she needed to begin incomes a dwelling by carrying climbing gear and provides for trekkers. Thursday's successful ascent was her 10th — probably the most times any girl has climbed Everest — and she or he has always mentioned she wished to encourage all women so they too can achieve their dreams.

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

One other Nepalese Sherpa guide, Kami Rita, reached the summit for the twenty sixth time Saturday, breaking his own record for essentially the most climbs of Everest. Rita led a group of Sherpa climbers who fastened ropes along the route in order that hundreds of different climbers and guides can make their solution to the top of the mountain later this month.

A whole lot of overseas climbers and an equal number of Sherpa guides are set to aim climbs of Everest in May, the month when weather circumstances within the Himalayan peaks are most favorable for climbing.