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

A Nepali Sherpa broke her personal record as essentially 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 May 2022, 11:26

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KATHMANDU, Nepal -- A Nepali Sherpa broke her own report as the most successful female climber of Mount Everest by reaching the summit of the world's highest peak Thursday.

Lakpa Sherpa and several different climbers took benefit of favorable climate to succeed in 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 well being and was safely descending from the peak.

Sherpa, 48, by no means bought a chance to get a formal education as a result of she had to begin earning a dwelling by carrying climbing gear and provides for trekkers. Thursday's successful ascent was her tenth — probably the most times any lady has climbed Everest — and he or she has at all times stated she wanted to encourage all women in order that they can also obtain their goals.

A local 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 own file for probably the most climbs of Everest. Rita led a gaggle of Sherpa climbers who mounted ropes alongside the route in order that a whole lot of different climbers and guides could make their solution to the top of the mountain later this month.

Hundreds of overseas 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.