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

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

Lakpa Sherpa and several other different climbers took advantage of favorable weather to reach the 8,849-meter (29,032-foot) summit early within the morning, her brother and expedition organizer Mingma Gelu mentioned. He mentioned she was in good well being and was safely descending from the peak.

Sherpa, 48, by no means got a chance to get a formal education because she had to begin incomes a dwelling by carrying climbing gear and provides for trekkers. Thursday's successful ascent was her tenth — the most times any lady has climbed Everest — and she or he has all the time said she needed to inspire all women so they too can achieve their desires.

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

One other Nepalese Sherpa information, Kami Rita, reached the summit for the 26th time Saturday, breaking his own document for essentially the most climbs of Everest. Rita led a gaggle of Sherpa climbers who fastened ropes along the route so that lots of of different climbers and guides could make their approach to the highest of the mountain later this month.

Lots of of foreign climbers and an equal number of Sherpa guides are set to attempt climbs of Everest in Could, the month when climate situations within the Himalayan peaks are most favorable for climbing.