Sherpa lady climbs Everest for tenth time, breaks personal report

A Nepali Sherpa broke her own record as the most profitable feminine climber of Mount Everest by reaching the summit of the world’s highest peak Thursday

By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA Related Press

12 May 2022, 11:26

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KATHMANDU, Nepal -- 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.

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

Sherpa, 48, by no means got a chance to get a formal schooling because she needed to begin incomes a dwelling by carrying climbing gear and supplies for trekkers. Thursday's profitable ascent was her tenth — the most times any girl has climbed Everest — and he or she has at all times mentioned she needed to encourage all women so that they too can obtain their desires.

A local of Nepal, Sherpa lives within the U.S. 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 record 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 other climbers and guides can make their approach 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 attempt climbs of Everest in May, the month when weather circumstances in the Himalayan peaks are most favorable for climbing.