Sherpa girl climbs Everest for tenth time, breaks own record

A Nepali Sherpa broke her own report as probably the most successful feminine 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

• 2 min read

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

Sherpa, 48, by no means obtained a chance to get a formal schooling because she had to start earning a living by carrying climbing gear and supplies for trekkers. Thursday's profitable ascent was her tenth — the most occasions any woman has climbed Everest — and he or she has all the time said she needed to encourage all women so they can also achieve their dreams.

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

One other Nepalese Sherpa information, Kami Rita, reached the summit for the twenty sixth time Saturday, breaking his own document for essentially the most climbs of Everest. Rita led a bunch of Sherpa climbers who fixed ropes alongside the route so that tons of of other climbers and guides can make their method to the highest of the mountain later this month.

Tons of of overseas climbers and an equal variety of Sherpa guides are set to try climbs of Everest in Could, the month when climate circumstances in the Himalayan peaks are most favorable for climbing.