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

A Nepali Sherpa broke her personal document as essentially the most profitable 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 own file as essentially the most successful female climber of Mount Everest by reaching the summit of the world's highest peak Thursday.

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

Sherpa, 48, by no means received a chance to get a proper schooling as a result of she had to begin earning a residing by carrying climbing gear and supplies for trekkers. Thursday's successful ascent was her 10th — probably the most occasions any girl has climbed Everest — and she has at all times said she wanted to inspire all ladies so that they can also achieve their dreams.

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

One other Nepalese Sherpa guide, 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 gaggle of Sherpa climbers who mounted ropes along the route so that a whole lot of different climbers and guides could make their solution to the highest of the mountain later this month.

A whole bunch of overseas climbers and an equal variety of Sherpa guides are set to try climbs of Everest in May, the month when weather circumstances in the Himalayan peaks are most favorable for climbing.