Mountain Queen The Summits Of Lhakpa Sherpa 202... 〈BEST × 2024〉

In addition to her impressive climbing career, Lhakpa is dedicated to giving back to her community. She has supported various charitable initiatives, including:

When asked why she keeps climbing, Lhakpa laughs—a sound like ice cracking in spring. "People say, 'You are the mountain queen.' But I am not queen of the mountain. The mountain is queen of nothing. The summit is just a rock. What matters is the climb down—and who you bring with you." Mountain Queen The Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa 202...

For years, Lhakpa lived two lives: by day, a supermarket employee who smiled at customers; by night, a woman hiding bruises under wool sweaters. He took her earnings. He forbade her from climbing. He told her she was nothing without him. In addition to her impressive climbing career, Lhakpa

In 2000, she stood on the summit—the first Nepali woman to climb Everest and survive the descent. (Pasang Lhamu Sherpa had died on the same mountain in 1993.) Lhakpa planted a prayer flag, spoke her mother’s name into the wind, and cried. The ice crystals froze to her lashes. The mountain is queen of nothing

But the mountain never lies.