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

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

By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA Associated Press

12 Could 2022, 11:26

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KATHMANDU, Nepal -- A Nepali Sherpa broke her own report as the most profitable feminine 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 weather to achieve the 8,849-meter (29,032-foot) summit early in the morning, her brother and expedition organizer Mingma Gelu stated. He stated she was in good well being and was safely descending from the peak.

Sherpa, 48, by no means acquired a chance to get a formal education as a result of she needed to start incomes a dwelling by carrying climbing gear and provides for trekkers. Thursday's successful ascent was her 10th — the most occasions any lady has climbed Everest — and she has all the time stated she wanted to encourage all women so they too can obtain their goals.

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

Another Nepalese Sherpa guide, Kami Rita, reached the summit for the 26th time Saturday, breaking his own report for probably the most climbs of Everest. Rita led a group of Sherpa climbers who mounted ropes alongside the route so that lots of of other climbers and guides could make their way to the top of the mountain later this month.

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