Sherpa lady climbs Everest for tenth time, breaks own file

A Nepali Sherpa broke her own record as probably 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 Could 2022, 11:26

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KATHMANDU, Nepal -- A Nepali Sherpa broke her own record 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 different climbers took advantage of favorable climate to reach the 8,849-meter (29,032-foot) summit early in 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 received a chance to get a formal education because she had to begin incomes a residing by carrying climbing gear and supplies for trekkers. Thursday's profitable ascent was her tenth — probably the most times any woman has climbed Everest — and he or she has at all times said she needed to inspire all women so they too can achieve their desires.

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

Another Nepalese Sherpa guide, Kami Rita, reached the summit for the twenty sixth time Saturday, breaking his personal document for essentially the most climbs of Everest. Rita led a gaggle of Sherpa climbers who fixed ropes alongside the route so that lots of of different climbers and guides can make their approach to the top of the mountain later this month.

Hundreds of international climbers and an equal variety of Sherpa guides are set to aim climbs of Everest in May, the month when weather circumstances within the Himalayan peaks are most favorable for climbing.