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Gopal Sharma

Nepali woman's 10th Everest climb breaks her own record

FILE PHOTO: Lhakpa Sherpa, 44, a Nepali mountaineer who climbed Mount Everest 9 times, receives Tenzing Ð Hillary Mountaineering Award during the function to mark the International Everest day in Kathmandu, Nepal May 29, 2018. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar/File Photo

A 48-year-old Nepali woman scaled Mount Everest for the 10th time on Thursday, breaking her own record for the most summits of the world’s highest mountain by a female climber, her hiking company said.

Lhakpa Sherpa last climbed the 8,848.86-metre (29,031.69-foot) mountain in 2018. A fellow Nepali, Kami Rita Sherpa, holds the men's record of 26 climbs.

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