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

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

By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA Related Press

12 Might 2022, 11:26

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KATHMANDU, Nepal -- A Nepali Sherpa broke her personal report as probably the most successful 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 benefit of favorable climate to achieve the 8,849-meter (29,032-foot) summit early in the morning, her brother and expedition organizer Mingma Gelu stated. He said she was in good well being and was safely descending from the height.

Sherpa, 48, by no means got a chance to get a formal schooling as a result of she needed to start incomes a residing by carrying climbing gear and supplies for trekkers. Thursday's successful ascent was her tenth — essentially the most times any lady has climbed Everest — and he or she has at all times stated she needed to encourage all women so they can also obtain their dreams.

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

One other Nepalese Sherpa information, Kami Rita, reached the summit for the twenty sixth time Saturday, breaking his own report for probably the most climbs of Everest. Rita led a gaggle of Sherpa climbers who mounted ropes alongside the route so that a whole bunch of different climbers and guides could make their approach to the highest 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 circumstances within the Himalayan peaks are most favorable for climbing.