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

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

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

Lakpa Sherpa and several different climbers took advantage of favorable climate to reach 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, by no means acquired a chance to get a proper education as a result of she needed to start earning a living by carrying climbing gear and supplies for trekkers. Thursday's successful ascent was her tenth — probably the most times any lady has climbed Everest — and she or he has all the time said she needed to encourage all women in order 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.

One other Nepalese Sherpa guide, Kami Rita, reached the summit for the 26th time Saturday, breaking his personal file for probably the most climbs of Everest. Rita led a bunch of Sherpa climbers who fastened ropes along the route so that tons of of other climbers and guides could make their solution to the top of the mountain later this month.

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