Sherpa girl climbs Everest for tenth time, breaks personal document

A Nepali Sherpa broke her personal file 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 May 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 benefit of favorable climate to reach the 8,849-meter (29,032-foot) summit early within the morning, her brother and expedition organizer Mingma Gelu said. He mentioned she was in good health and was safely descending from the peak.

Sherpa, 48, by no means received an opportunity to get a proper schooling as a result of she needed to start earning a residing by carrying climbing gear and supplies for trekkers. Thursday's successful ascent was her 10th — the most occasions any lady has climbed Everest — and he or she has at all times mentioned she wanted to encourage all women so they too can achieve their desires.

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

One other Nepalese Sherpa guide, Kami Rita, reached the summit for the twenty sixth time Saturday, breaking his personal record for probably the most climbs of Everest. Rita led a bunch of Sherpa climbers who fixed ropes alongside the route in order that lots of of other climbers and guides could make their strategy to the highest of the mountain later this month.

A whole bunch of overseas climbers and an equal variety of Sherpa guides are set to aim climbs of Everest in Could, the month when weather situations in the Himalayan peaks are most favorable for climbing.