Sherpa woman climbs Everest for tenth time, breaks own report

A Nepali Sherpa broke her own record as essentially 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 Might 2022, 11:26

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KATHMANDU, Nepal -- A Nepali Sherpa broke her personal report as essentially the most successful 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 succeed in the 8,849-meter (29,032-foot) summit early within the morning, her brother and expedition organizer Mingma Gelu mentioned. He said she was in good health and was safely descending from the peak.

Sherpa, 48, by no means obtained a chance to get a proper schooling as a result of she had to start incomes a dwelling by carrying climbing gear and supplies for trekkers. Thursday's successful ascent was her 10th — the most occasions any girl has climbed Everest — and she or he has all the time mentioned she needed to encourage all women so they can also obtain their desires.

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

One other Nepalese Sherpa information, Kami Rita, reached the summit for the twenty sixth time Saturday, breaking his own report for the most climbs of Everest. Rita led a group of Sherpa climbers who fixed ropes alongside the route in order that hundreds of other climbers and guides could make their solution to the highest of the mountain later this month.

Hundreds of overseas climbers and an equal variety of Sherpa guides are set to aim climbs of Everest in Could, the month when climate conditions in the Himalayan peaks are most favorable for climbing.