The Queen of Everest

The mountain climbing journey started by Lakpa following the footsteps of Pasang in the 50s is now in the limelight with the hype of 'the record of the most times a woman has climbed Mount Everest'.

वैशाख २०, २०८२

सुरज कुँवर

The Queen of Everest

Lakpa Sherpa of Makalu Sankhuwasabha, who has planted the flag on the world's highest peak for the 10th time, has many records. After Pasang Lhamu Sherpa, the first Nepali woman to climb Mount Everest, she is the second woman to demonstrate the courage of a Nepali woman around the world. On May 9, 2050, 31-year-old Pasang Lhamu reached the summit of Mount Everest and opened the door for Nepali women in mountain climbing for the first time. But, unfortunately! After conquering the peak, his journey ended there.

The country was plunged into grief as Veerangana, who buried the Nepali national flag at the peak, did not return alive. A victory rally should have been held after his victory, but it was held in Kathmandu: funeral and mourning. 

Lakpa Sherpa, who offered a bouquet of flowers to Pasang's body in the same mourning meeting and funeral procession, is currently in the focus of the world's media and alpine society. Pasang's sacrifices and achievements encouraged Lakpa, who was working as a heavy lifter in the mountains, to climb. In the 50s, she started following the footsteps of Pasang and is currently in the limelight with the hype of 'women who have climbed Mt. Everest the most times in the world'. Deprived of formal education, Lakpa is sometimes included in the BBC's list of 100 influential women, sometimes surprising the American leader, Hillary Clinton, forcing her to broadcast a congratulatory message in honor of her courage. 

Another 'first Nepali woman's record' made by Makaluki Lakpa in the record of 'first Nepali woman Everest climber' of Pasang in Khumbu region is a title overlooked by many Nepalis. That record is - 'Lakpa is the first Nepalese woman climber to successfully return after climbing Mt. Lakpa climbed Mt Everest for the first time on 5th May 2057. Girija Prasad Koirala was the prime minister in Kathmandu at that time before going on the climb. Prime Minister Koirala bid farewell to the 'Nepali Mahila Sahasrabdi Abhiyan' of 7 Nepali women including Lakpa. However, women other than Lakpa could not reach the peak due to altitude problems. Lakpa alone achieved success at that time. After that, Lakpa never looked back in climbing the mountain. His victory over the summit became a mode of life. 

In recent days, Lakpa has suddenly descended on the city of Kathmandu in the news network. "Today, Sunny and I are in Buddh," Lakpa wrote on Facebook last March, "I am very excited that he wants to be my hiking partner at Everest base camp this year." thank you very much More updates coming soon.' 

Lakpa, who came down to Kathmandu with her eldest daughter Sunny Dizmarescu (Sherpa) from West Hartford, Connecticut, USA, came down to Kathmandu this time to break her 10th world record three years ago. In the next few days, she is climbing the base camp for climbing Mount Everest. 

This time her eldest daughter Sunny is witnessing her 11th Mount Everest climb. Earlier, the youngest daughter had become a signatory in the 10th ascension of Baisakh in 079. This time, the younger daughter left America and went to climb Lakpa Everest. 

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51 years ago, Lakpa was born in Tasi, a mountain village in Makalu. He did not get formal and non-formal school education. Lakpa, who is the fifth out of 11 with 7 sisters and 4 brothers, spent his childhood in Chauri Gotha, Vedikhark, more than 2 hours away from the school. At that time, she had an opportunity to see the school. But not to read. Just taking the brothers to school. 

When he was young, Sherpa men from Makalu and Khumbu used to go up through his village with foreigners during the mountain climbing season. She kept teasing with interest. His village was at the foot of Makalu, the fifth highest mountain in the world. What will be behind that 8 thousand 485 meter high mountain? What kind of people live there?', she used to be full of such curiosity as a child. 

However, a social wall higher than Mount Makalu was built for her to go there with men. Due to poverty, he sometimes goes barefoot for a few hours as a porter when he goes uphill, his mother says, 'Himalma janu hai, the snow leopard will eat him. No one will marry someone who goes to the mountains,' said Ray π 

After leaving the village, she first made her debut as a porter in the tourism industry at the age of 11. After that, she traveled not only to Makalu, but also to the foothills of Everest and other small 7000 high mountains.

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At the age of 18-19, she had come to Kathmandu by walking from Sankhuwasabha in the year 2050 and taking a night bus through Dharan. His camp was at Tahiti behind Thamel. At that time she used to work as a 'kitchen helper' for mountain climbers and as a 'kitchen helper' for trekkers. At that time, the body of Pasang Lhamu Sherpa, who died while climbing Mount Everest, arrived in Kathmandu on the 21st day. 

The crowd of those who made the mountain a profession came to the place where the body was kept. Lakpa was in that crowd. She saw an old woman near the dead body of Pasang, beating her chest in grief over the loss of her daughter. "That was the day I made a promise to fulfill Pasang Didi's unfulfilled dream," said Lakpa during a recent video interview in Thapathali, "and I slowly changed my path from a porter to a climber." To fulfill Pasang Didi's dream.

6 years after Pasang's death, Lakpa climbed Mount Everest in 057. And she made the record of being the first Nepali woman to successfully climb Mount Everest and return. 

That's when he met in Kathmandu, Romanian mountaineer George Dizmarescu. After marrying him in 2059, Lakpa moved to Connecticut, USA. As she told the New York Times two years ago, the Romanian climber ended her 10-year partnership with George in 2012. Now she is introducing herself as a 'single mother'.

In America, the "New York Times" has detailed the struggles he had to work from washing dishes in the kitchen of Whole Foods to supermarkets. Now she is on a campaign to attract girls from all over the world to climb the mountains with her two daughters. 

Lakpa has won the title of Mount Everest 8 times from the Northern Mohada towards Tibet and twice from the Southern Mohada towards Nepal. She has not yet decided whether or not to take a break from climbing Everest. "I find climbing Mount Everest as easy as an actor does in a film," said Lakpa, "For me, climbing Mount Everest is like climbing a ladder." It doesn't seem difficult. The challenges that Lakpa had to face while climbing Mount Everest are very famous. For example, for the third time, she left her 8-month-old daughter in America while she was climbing Mount Everest. At that time this topic became very popular. 

Lakpa, who gives the message that 'women are not weak' in every climb, climbed Mt. Everest with a 2-month pregnancy during her sixth climb. "At that time, my youngest daughter Saini was 2 months old in the womb," she said, "In my campaign, I wanted to send a message to the world that women can work and work hard like men." 

Now Lakpa said that she has taken a leave from working at the store in America. She has now adopted the profession of training women in mountain and mountain climbing in America. "Everyone has a dream," she wrote on her site, "I want to show my daughters - what it looks like to be brave...how it feels to not give up!" Say yes, that is my power. I think this is my gift.' 

When she was young, Lakpa was a tall tomboy who had a life like a 'man', strong and strong! The society was trying to make her a housewife, but she was trying many tricks to get out of that high mountain. 

She could carry heavier weights than boys. However, she was not given a job because she was a woman. He had to use many tricks to carry heavy loads. Sometimes making short hair like boys, sometimes walking with a cap! A biopic has been made on him by including all these stories. Two-time Oscar-nominated British filmmaker/director Lucy Walker followed Lakpa six years ago in Mountain Queen, which she made for Netflix two years ago, revealing the dark side of her life and struggles. He thinks that the movie has not only promoted the courage of Lakpa, but about Nepali women all over the world. 

The Queen of Everest

However, he is not satisfied with the fact that the current generation relies on Google. "The life of our time was very organic," she said. There was no Facebook or Tiktok like it is now. Today's kids are Google, everything depends on Google. They watch YouTube and cook. I enjoy reminiscing about our days. When I am in America, my heart is in Nepal. I like to come to Nepal. Nepalese brothers and sisters meet every day. "When you reach the mountain, it's like you're climbing," she said in Kathmandu before climbing Everest for the 11th time. 

सुरज कुँवर कुँवर विगत २२ वर्ष देखि कान्तिपुर दैनिकमा आवद्ध छन् । उनी उड्डयन, पर्यटन र सामाजिक विषयमा समाचार लेख्छन्।

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