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CT Insider 2022-7-18
West Hartford woman sets record climbing Everest 10 times: ‘This mountain is my childhood friend’
“WEST HARTFORD — Growing up in the mountains of Nepal, Lhakpa Sherpa was never expected to climb Mount Everest.”
THE GUARDIAN 2022-06-28
She’s a single mother who works shifts at Whole Foods – and just climbed Everest for the 10th time.
“Lhakpa Sherpa, who recently climbed the Nepal side of Everest, negotiates her adventures with remarkably limited resources.”
BBC 2022-05-12
At the age of 48, Lhakpa Sherpa has just climbed Mount Everest for the 10th time but all her life she has been rising to challenges and meeting them.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-61424866
“Her 10-time achievement, reported by her brother and confirmed by a Nepalese official, makes her the first woman to do so.”
We-Ha.com 2022-5-12
West Hartford’s Lhakpa Sherpa Breaks Own Record with 10th Mount Everest Summit
https://we-ha.com/west-hartfords-lhakpa-sherpa-breaks-own-record-with-10th-mount-everest-summit/
“Lhakpa Sherpa, a West Hartford resident originally from Nepal, reached the summit of Mount Everest on Wednesday morning for a record-breaking 10th time.”
OUTSIDE MAGAZINE 2022-05-12
Lhakpa Sherpa Summits Everest for the Tenth Time
https://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adventure/everest/lhakpa-sherpa-summits-everest-tenth-time/
“A member of the climber’s expedition confirms that she has once again topped the 29,035-foot peak, breaking her record of most successful Everest climbs by a woman.”
EXTREME NEWS 2021-08-18
EXTREME Exclusive: Lhakpa Sherpa
https://www.extremeinternational.com/post/extreme-exclusive-lhakpa-sherpa
Mountaineering pioneer and nine-time Everest summiteer, Lhakpa Sherpa, talks with EXTREME about her upcoming expedition.
METRO UK 2020-07-01
Mum-of-three who holds the record for climbing Everest more than any other woman has her tenth attempt halted due to coronavirus.
She was hoping to make her tenth summit this spring, but instead, she is stuck in her small apartment on the east coast of America in Connecticut due to the coronavirus pandemic.
CONNECTICUT WOODLANDS MAGAZINE 2020-03-24
Supporting Adventurous Women (Page 9)
An in-depth interview about Mount Everest and Lhakpa.
ADVENTURE MOUNTAIN 2020-01-15
Lhakpa Sherpa: “The number of Everest climbers will decrease”
Lhakpa Sherpa: “The number of Everest climbers will decrease”
THE GUARDIAN 2019-10-31
She climbed Everest nine times and set a world record – so why doesn’t she have sponsors?
Lhakpa Sherpa works for minimum wages and currently washes dishes as she trains for her 10th Everest summit with no endorsement deals, no nutritionist, and no trainer.
WE-HA.COM 2019-04-28
Extraordinary West Hartford Residents Honored as ‘Wonder Women’ by Malta House of Care
“Malta House of Care held its ninth annual celebration of ‘Wonder Women,’ and the Class of 2019 included two notable West Hartford residents.”
ADVENTURE MOUNTAIN 2019-04-12
Lhakpa Sherpa is not on Everest this spring
“Lhakpa Sherpa, not on Everest this spring.”
REI CO-OP JOURNAL 2018-11-01
Lhakpa Sherpa Stands On Top of the World
The accomplished mountaineer shares what it was like to summit Everest for the ninth time and how she sustains herself.
WNPR 2018-08-24
Reaching New Heights: Journeys To Everest And Beyond
Radio interview audio.
WNPR 2018-08-24
Lhakpa Sherpa: The Queen Of Mount Everest
Whole Foods in West Hartford might seem like a pretty unremarkable place, but in fact, it employs one of the world’s greatest athletes.
EXPLORERSWEB 2018-08-20
Lhakpa Sherpa: Queen of Everest
Every spring, Lhakpa Sherpa takes time off from her day job at a Whole Foods store in Hartford, Connecticut, to climb the world’s highest peak.
BUSINESS INSIDER 2018-08-02
What the top of Mount Everest is really like, according to the woman who’s been there a record-breaking nine times
Climbing Mount Everest, a rock that soars five and a half miles off the ground, takes a considerable amount of money and time, along with guts of steel.
BUSINESS INSIDER 2018-07-28
This record-breaking Everest climber has reached the summit nine times. She makes $11.50 per hour washing dishes at Whole Foods.
Lhakpa Sherpa has climbed to the top of Mount Everest a record-breaking nine times. That’s more summits of the world’s highest peak than any other woman, dead or alive.
NEW YORK POST 2018-07-18
This Whole Foods worker has an insane side gig: climbing Everest
Lhakpa Sherpa works at a Connecticut grocery store, but she spends two months a year guiding people up Mount Everest.
CHICAGO TRIBUNE 2018-05-23
After the ninth ascent of Mount Everest, Lhakpa Sherpa wants to inspire other women.
The most successful female Everest climber said after finishing her ninth ascent of the world’s highest mountain that she wants to inspire all women so they too can achieve their dreams.
THE WASHINGTON POST 2018-05-17
A Whole Foods dishwasher broke her own record by climbing Everest for the ninth time.
In what there is of her spare time, Lhakpa Sherpa climbs Mount Everest. Lhakpa, a 44-year-old native of Nepal who lives in Connecticut, is raising two daughters and working as a dishwasher at Whole Foods in West Hartford. And climbing Everest is no one-off lark. She completed her ninth trek up the mountain Wednesday, breaking her own women’s world record.
NEW YORK POST 2018-04-17
Whole Foods worker plans 9th Mount Everest climb
“My body knows that I have already been this high. It’s like a computer. It figures it out very quickly. My body knows the high altitude. It remembers.”
THE POLITIC 2018-01-10
An Interview with Lhakpa Sherpa, The First Woman to Summit Everest
“My life has been up and down, just like climbing mountains.”