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

A Nepali Sherpa broke her own document 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 Could 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 weather to achieve the 8,849-meter (29,032-foot) summit early in the morning, her brother and expedition organizer Mingma Gelu stated. He mentioned she was in good health and was safely descending from the peak.

Sherpa, 48, never obtained an opportunity to get a proper education as a result of she had to begin incomes a dwelling by carrying climbing gear and provides for trekkers. Thursday's successful ascent was her tenth — the most instances any girl has climbed Everest — and he or she has at all times stated she wished to encourage all women so that they can also achieve their goals.

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

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

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