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Lhakpa Sherpa

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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 different languages on Wikipedia. Lhakpa Sherpa is the 50th most popular mountaineer (up from 54th in 2019), the 54th 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 David Lama, Erik Weihenmayer, Arunima Sinha, Jordan Romero, and Malavath Purna.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1974, Lhakpa Sherpa ranks 795. Before her are Jeppe Kofod, Urmila Matondkar, Philippe Léonard, Roman Hamrlík, Hiroyasu Shimizu, and Naoki Matsuyo. After her are Dmitri Torgovanov, Ömer Çatkıç, Greg Vanney, Isaiah Mustafa, Giuliano Giannichedda, and Antonio McDyess.

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In Nepal

Among people born in Nepal, Lhakpa Sherpa ranks 54 out of 59. Before her are Sahana Pradhan (1927), Tulsi Giri (1926), Khil Raj Regmi (1949), Manisha Koirala (1970), Dichen Lachman (1982), and Khagendra Thapa Magar (1992). After her are Ram Bahadur Bomjon (1990), Amrita Acharia (1987), Rekha Thapa (1982), Rohit Chand (1992), Gaurika Singh (2002), and Alexander Shah (2002).

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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).

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