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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 ...
Westlake reached the summit at the age of 18 years, 6 months and 8 days old, meaning she beat the record by about a month. Westlake started her expedition on April 18, and she summited 25 days later, which put her above the normal pace of 45 to 60 days to summit Everest. Lucy was accompanied by Mingma Chhiring Sherpa through the summit.
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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.
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]
On 27 July 2023, Harila and Tenjen Sherpa, her guide from Seven Summit Treks, [16] established a new record summiting all 14 true geographic summits in just 92 days. [ 7 ] [ 17 ] [ 1 ] [ 18 ] [ 2 ] In the process, Kristin and Tenjen broke multiple records, including 26 eight-thousander summits in one year and three months and also the fastest ...
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]