A Nepali Sherpa broke her own record as the most successful female climber of Mount Everest by reaching the summit of the world’s highest peak Thursday
Highlights
- A Nepali Sherpa broke her own record as the most successful female climber of Mount Everest.
- Lakpa Sherpa and several other climbers took advantage of favorable weather to reach the 8,849-meter (29,032-foot) summit.
- The 48-year-old Sherpa, 48, never got a chance to get a formal education because she had to start earning a living by carrying climbing gear and supplies for trekkers.
- Thursday’s successful ascent was her 10th — the most times any woman has climbed Everest.
- A native of Nepal, Sherpa lives in the U.S.
- with her three children in West Hartford, Connecticut.