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Lhakpa Sherpa

1974 - Today

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Lhakpa Sherpa (Nepali: Lakhpa Sherpa; born 1973) is a Nepalese Sherpa mountain climber. She has climbed Mount Everest ten times, the most by any woman in the world. Her record-breaking tenth climb was on May 12, 2022, which she financed via a crowd-funding campaign. In 2000, she became the first Nepali woman to climb and descend Everest successfully. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2024). Lhakpa Sherpa is the 50th most popular mountaineer (up from 54th in 2024), the 56th most popular biography from Nepal (up from 57th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Nepalese Mountaineer.

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Among MOUNTAINEERS

Among mountaineers, Lhakpa Sherpa ranks 50 out of 56. Before her are Edurne Pasaban, Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner, Nirmal Purja, Joe Simpson, Dean Potter, and Alison Hargreaves. After her are Ali Sadpara, Kami Rita, David Lama, Premlata Agrawal, Erik Weihenmayer, and Kristin Harila.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1974, Lhakpa Sherpa ranks 860. Before her are Vitaly Milonov, Philippe Léonard, Roman Hamrlík, Hiroyasu Shimizu, Naoki Matsuyo, and Gogi Koguashvili. After her are Dmitri Torgovanov, Ömer Çatkıç, Greg Vanney, Flávia Alessandra, Isaiah Mustafa, and Betty Abah.

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In Nepal

Among people born in Nepal, Lhakpa Sherpa ranks 56 out of 59. Before her are Khil Raj Regmi (1949), Manisha Koirala (1970), Dichen Lachman (1982), Uma Devi Badi (null), Ram Sahaya Yadav (1971), and Khagendra Thapa Magar (1992). After her are Ram Bahadur Bomjon (1990), Nanda Kishor Pun (1966), Kami Rita (1970), Rajesh Hamal (1964), Amrita Acharia (1987), and Jhamak Ghimire (null).

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Among MOUNTAINEERS In Nepal

Among mountaineers born in Nepal, Lhakpa Sherpa ranks 5. Before her are Tenzing Norgay (1914), Ang Rita (1948), Apa Sherpa (1960), and Nirmal Purja (1983). After her are Kami Rita (1970).

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