Sherpa girl climbs Everest for tenth time, breaks own report

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

Lakpa Sherpa and several different climbers took benefit of favorable climate to achieve the 8,849-meter (29,032-foot) summit early within the morning, her brother and expedition organizer Mingma Gelu stated. He said she was in good well being and was safely descending from the height.

Sherpa, 48, never got a chance to get a proper schooling as a result of she had to begin incomes a living by carrying climbing gear and supplies for trekkers. Thursday's successful ascent was her tenth — probably the most instances any woman has climbed Everest — and she or he has all the time said she needed to encourage all girls so that they too can achieve their dreams.

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

Another Nepalese Sherpa information, Kami Rita, reached the summit for the twenty sixth time Saturday, breaking his own report for essentially the most climbs of Everest. Rita led a group of Sherpa climbers who mounted ropes along the route so that hundreds of other climbers and guides could make their method 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 aim climbs of Everest in May, the month when weather circumstances within the Himalayan peaks are most favorable for climbing.