Lhakpa Sherpa
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Lhakpa Sherpa |
| Main discipline | Mountaineer |
| Born | 1973 (age 51–52) Makalu, Nepal |
| Career | |
| Starting discipline | Porter |
| Notable ascents | Everest summit: 10 |
| Family | |
| Spouse | Gheorghe Dijmărescu (Divorced) |
| Children | 3 |
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. In 2016, she was listed as one of BBC's 100 Women.