Sherpa girl climbs Everest for 10th time, breaks own record

A Nepali Sherpa broke her personal 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 May 2022, 11:26

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

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

Sherpa, 48, never acquired a chance to get a proper education because she needed to start incomes a residing by carrying climbing gear and provides for trekkers. Thursday's profitable ascent was her 10th — the most occasions any lady has climbed Everest — and he or she has all the time stated she wanted to inspire all women so that they can also obtain their desires.

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

Another Nepalese Sherpa information, Kami Rita, reached the summit for the twenty sixth time Saturday, breaking his personal report for essentially the most climbs of Everest. Rita led a group of Sherpa climbers who mounted ropes alongside the route so that lots of of different climbers and guides could make their solution to the highest of the mountain later this month.

A whole bunch of foreign climbers and an equal variety of Sherpa guides are set to aim climbs of Everest in Might, the month when weather situations within the Himalayan peaks are most favorable for climbing.