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

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

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KATHMANDU, Nepal -- A Nepali Sherpa broke her personal record 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 other climbers took advantage 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 mentioned she was in good well being and was safely descending from the height.

Sherpa, 48, never bought an opportunity to get a formal education because she needed to begin incomes a residing by carrying climbing gear and supplies for trekkers. Thursday's successful ascent was her tenth — the most times any woman has climbed Everest — and she has all the time said she wanted to inspire all ladies so that they can also obtain their goals.

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

One other Nepalese Sherpa guide, Kami Rita, reached the summit for the 26th time Saturday, breaking his personal record for the most climbs of Everest. Rita led a gaggle of Sherpa climbers who mounted ropes along the route so that hundreds of different climbers and guides can make their approach to the top of the mountain later this month.

Hundreds of international climbers and an equal variety of Sherpa guides are set to attempt climbs of Everest in Might, the month when weather conditions within the Himalayan peaks are most favorable for climbing.