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

A Nepali Sherpa broke her personal document 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 Might 2022, 11:26

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KATHMANDU, Nepal -- A Nepali Sherpa broke her personal record 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 reach the 8,849-meter (29,032-foot) summit early within the morning, her brother and expedition organizer Mingma Gelu stated. He mentioned she was in good health and was safely descending from the peak.

Sherpa, 48, never obtained an opportunity to get a proper schooling because she needed to start earning a living by carrying climbing gear and supplies for trekkers. Thursday's successful ascent was her tenth — essentially the most times any girl has climbed Everest — and he or she has at all times said she wished to inspire all women so that they too can achieve their desires.

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

Another Nepalese Sherpa guide, Kami Rita, reached the summit for the 26th time Saturday, breaking his personal report for the most climbs of Everest. Rita led a gaggle of Sherpa climbers who mounted ropes alongside the route so that hundreds of different climbers and guides can make their solution to the top of the mountain later this month.

A whole bunch of foreign climbers and an equal variety of Sherpa guides are set to try climbs of Everest in Could, the month when climate situations within the Himalayan peaks are most favorable for climbing.