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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 ]
Tashi Lakpa Sherpa (Nepali: टासी लाक्पा शेर्पा)(born 1985) in Makalu Region, Sankhuwasabha District) is a Nepalese mountaineer who climbed Mount Everest eight times, Cho Oyu twice and other 7000 metre and 6000 metre peaks. He has also climbed the Seven Summits. Everest, Denali, Elbrus, Kilimanjaro Aconcagua ...
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 ...
Lhakpa Tenzing Sherpa was born in Thame, a village in the Everest region of Nepal, near the Chinese border. Following his father's death when he was 12 years old, Apa had to take up the responsibilities of his family, consisting of his mother, two sisters and three young brothers.
Lakpa Gelu (Nepali: ल्हाक्पा घेलु) (born June 23, 1967), often spelled Lhakpa, is a Nepalese Sherpa climber born in Jubing - 1, KhariKhola, Solukhumbu, Nepal. He is known for holding a world record for the fastest climbing of Mount Everest (the world's tallest mountain at 8,848 meters, known to the Nepalese as ...
Dijmarescu's marriage with Lhakpa Sherpa came apart in 2012 after a violent episode. Dijmarescu beat Lhakpa Sherpa, requiring his wife to seek medical attention. Lhakpa Sherpa was taken to an emergency room. Upon release, Lhakpa Sherpa and her two daughters stayed at a local shelter for eight months. [2]
Sherpa (also Sharpa, Sherwa, or Xiaerba) is a Tibetic language spoken in Nepal and the Indian state of Sikkim, mainly by the Sherpa. The majority speakers of the Sherpa language live in the Khumbu region of Nepal, spanning from the Chinese (Tibetan) border in the east to the Bhotekosi River in the west. [ 3 ]
[2] [3] [4] His father was among the first professional Sherpa guides after Everest was opened to foreign mountaineers in 1950. His brother Lakpa Rita, also a guide, scaled Everest 17 times. [5] [6] In 2017, Rita was the third person to reach the summit of Mount Everest 21 times, sharing this record with Apa Sherpa and Phurba Tashi Sherpa.