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

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

By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA Related Press

12 Might 2022, 11:26

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KATHMANDU, Nepal -- A Nepali Sherpa broke her personal file as essentially 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 benefit of favorable climate to reach 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 health and was safely descending from the peak.

Sherpa, 48, by no means got an opportunity to get a formal training as a result of she needed to begin earning a dwelling by carrying climbing gear and provides for trekkers. Thursday's successful ascent was her tenth — essentially the most occasions any woman has climbed Everest — and she has always said she wished to inspire all ladies so that they too can achieve their dreams.

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

One other Nepalese Sherpa guide, Kami Rita, reached the summit for the twenty sixth time Saturday, breaking his personal file for the most climbs of Everest. Rita led a gaggle of Sherpa climbers who fixed ropes along the route so that hundreds of different climbers and guides can make their approach to the highest of the mountain later this month.

A whole bunch of overseas climbers and an equal number of Sherpa guides are set to attempt climbs of Everest in Could, the month when climate conditions in the Himalayan peaks are most favorable for climbing.