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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 ...
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]
Lhakpa Gelu Sherpa Nepal May 26, 2003 [40] Fastest ascent without supplemental oxygen and fastest ascent from Everest North Base Camp: 16 hours and 45 minutes Hans Kammerlander Italy May 24, 1996 [41] Longest stay on the summit 21 hours Babu Chiri Sherpa Nepal May 6, 1999 [42] Fastest Women to Climb the summit 14 hours 31 Minutes
Three days later, Sherpa Lakpa Gelu broke this record with 10 hours 56 minutes. After a short dispute with Dorjie, the tourism ministry confirmed Gelu's record in July. [102] Ming Kipa, 15, became the youngest woman to climb Everest (also becoming the youngest person from 2003 to 2010). [103]
Lakpa Gelu (born 1967) Nepal, mountain guide who summitted Everest over 12 times; set one-day speed records on Everest; Lester Germer (1896–1971) US, physicist, World War I fighter pilot and prominent rock climber in the Gunks; Conrad Gessner (1516–1565) Switzerland, naturalist and early mountaineer in the Alps
Lakpa Thundu Sherpa Nepal [118] [147] 7 Mingma (David) Gyabu Sherpa Nepal [148] [149] 7 Lakpa Sherpa Nepal [150] [151] 7 Norbu Sherpa Nepal [152] 7 Noriyuki Muraguchi Japan [81] 7 Peter Athans United States [153] 7 Scott Woolums United States [154] [155] 7 David Liaño Gonzalez Mexico [43] [156] 6 Ang Karma Sherpa Nepal [157] 6
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.
Gelu Lisac (born 1967), Romanian water polo player; Gelu Radu (born 1957), Romanian weightlifter; Gelu Velici (born 1992), Romanian footballer; Gelu Vlașin (born 1966), Romanian poet; Jacques Gelu (fl. 1427–1432), Archbishop of Embrun; Lakpa Gelu (born 1967), Nepalese Sherpa climber