Sherpa woman breaks her own record by climbing Everest for 10th time

Sherpa woman breaks her own record by climbing Everest for 10th time
Lhakpa Sherpa (Niranjan Shrestha/AP)

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 on Thursday.

Lhakpa Sherpa and several other climbers took advantage of favourable weather to reach the 29,032ft summit early in the morning, her brother and expedition organiser Mingma Gelu said.

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