Lhakpa Sherpa

Biography

Lhakpa Sherpa (also Lakpa) is a Nepalese mountaineer.

Lhakpa has climbed Mount Everest ten times, which is the world record for women. In 2000, she became the first Nepalese woman to climb and descend Mount Everest. One of 11 children, Lhakpa grew up on the banks of Makalu in Nepal. She has two daughters and a son,4 and was married to George Dijmarescu, a Romanian-American for 12 years. They met in 2000 in Kathmandu, Nepal and married in 2002. In 2016, several newspapers published an article about her and recognized her as the most-climbed woman on Mount Everest, after she completed her seventh ascent that year.

Lhakpa grew up in the Makalu region of Nepal and in 2000 she led an expedition...