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

A Nepali Sherpa broke her personal document as the most successful 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 the most successful 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 weather 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 health and was safely descending from the height.

Sherpa, 48, never acquired a chance to get a formal training because she had to start incomes a living by carrying climbing gear and supplies for trekkers. Thursday's profitable ascent was her tenth — essentially the most occasions any girl has climbed Everest — and he or she has always said she needed to encourage all women in order that they can also achieve their goals.

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

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

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