Sherpa lady climbs Everest for tenth time, breaks personal document

A Nepali Sherpa broke her own file as the most profitable 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 probably the most profitable female climber of Mount Everest by reaching the summit of the world's highest peak Thursday.

Lakpa Sherpa and several 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 mentioned. He mentioned she was in good health and was safely descending from the peak.

Sherpa, 48, by no means received a chance to get a formal training because she needed to begin incomes a dwelling by carrying climbing gear and supplies for trekkers. Thursday's successful ascent was her 10th — probably the most occasions any woman has climbed Everest — and she or he has all the time stated she wanted to encourage all girls so that they can also obtain their desires.

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

Another Nepalese Sherpa information, Kami Rita, reached the summit for the twenty sixth time Saturday, breaking his own document for essentially the most climbs of Everest. Rita led a bunch of Sherpa climbers who mounted ropes along the route so that hundreds of different climbers and guides can make their approach to the top of the mountain later this month.

A whole lot of foreign climbers and an equal number of Sherpa guides are set to attempt climbs of Everest in Could, the month when climate circumstances in the Himalayan peaks are most favorable for climbing.