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Lhakpa Sherpa (Nepali: Lakhpa Sherpa; born 1973) [1] is a Nepalese Sherpa mountain climber. She has climbed Mount Everest ten times, the most by any woman in the world. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Her record-breaking tenth climb was on May 12, 2022, which she financed via a crowd-funding campaign. [ 4 ]
Mountain Queen: The Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa is a 2023 American documentary film directed by Lucy Walker. It follows Lhakpa Sherpa as she climbs and survives ten successful summits of Mount Everest. It had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 8, 2023, and is scheduled to be released on July 31, 2024, by ...
Anna Gutu [a] (1990 or 1991 – October 7, 2023) was a Ukrainian-American climber and high-altitude mountaineer. She is known for her pursuit to become the first American woman, and the third overall American climber, to climb all 14 of the eight-thousanders (which are peaks above 8,000 meters in elevation).
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Dawa Yangzum has climbed Everest several times [5] and she became the first female Nepali woman to summit the fifth highest peak Makalu on 29 May 2019. [6] [7] On 26 July 2014, she was part of the all female 3-member Nepali contingent to summit K2. The other prominent members were Pasang Lhamu Sherpa Akita and Maya Sherpa. [4]
Without pictures to prove her success and with the use of alternative routes, the media and climbing community did not initially approve of her climb. In order to settle things, Hargreaves solo climbed the Croz spur on the north face of the Grandes Jorasses the following winter.
The all woman nature of the expedition was designed by Blum and Alison Chadwick-Onyszkiewicz during a 1972 expedition on Noshaq.Blum, who having previously been rejected from high altitude expeditions as a woman [2] stated “Few American women ever get a chance to climb that high, to lead, or even to participate in a major expedition.
The team of ten women, accompanied by Sherpa guides, set out to climb Mount Everest in May 2008. [2] By May 25, 2008, all ten members of the team had reached the summit. [2] [3] Following their achievements, team members became public advocates, motivational speakers, stand up comedians, and community organizers. [7]