Sherpa girl climbs Everest for tenth time, breaks personal record

A Nepali Sherpa broke her personal report as probably 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 the most profitable female 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 advantage of favorable climate to succeed in the 8,849-meter (29,032-foot) summit early within the morning, her brother and expedition organizer Mingma Gelu stated. He stated she was in good well being and was safely descending from the peak.

Sherpa, 48, by no means acquired an opportunity to get a formal training because she needed to begin earning a dwelling by carrying climbing gear and supplies for trekkers. Thursday's profitable ascent was her tenth — probably the most times any woman has climbed Everest — and she or he has all the time mentioned she wanted to encourage all women in order that they can also obtain their dreams.

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

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

A whole lot of foreign climbers and an equal number of Sherpa guides are set to try climbs of Everest in Could, the month when climate situations within the Himalayan peaks are most favorable for climbing.