Mountain Queen: How Lhakpa Sherpa summited Everest 10 times

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Lhakpa Sherpa was born and raised in Nepal, in a village perched 13,000 feet high. At 15 she cut her hair and dressed as a boy to become a porter, working for the tourists who had come to attempt Mount Everest. But Lhakpa had plans of her own, she too wanted to scale the world’s highest peak. By 20 she had become the first Nepalese woman to summit Mount Everest and survive. At 50, she has now done it 10 times, more than any other woman on earth. But life has been a battle, and the mountains have brought her both love and tragedy. She tells her story in the Netflix documentary Mountain Queen: The Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa. The Nepalese film Daughters of Everest was made about her first summit. Presenter: Ramita Navai Producer: Helen Fitzhenry Interpreter and voice over: Sachi Mulmi Get in touch: [email protected] or WhatsApp +44 330 678 2707 (Photo: Lhakpa Sherpa. Credit: Netflix)