KATHMANDU — Nepali climber Phunjo Lama on Thursday reached Everest's summit in 14 hours and 31 minutes, smashing the record for the fastest ascent of the world's highest mountain by a woman.
KATHMANDU — Nepali climber Phunjo Lama on Thursday reached Everest 's summit in 14 hours and 31 minutes, smashing the record for the fastest ascent of the world's highest mountain by a woman.Climbers usually take days to reach the top of the 8,849-meter mountain, spending nights in its different camps to rest and acclimatize.But Lama, who is in her 30s, shaved more than 11 hours off the previous best that had stood since 2021. It means she has reclaimed her own record.
Mountaineers are seen at the Khumbu Glacier during their climb to the summit of Mount Everest in Nepal on May 3, 2024. AFP FILE PHOTO'She started at 15:52 on May 22 summited 6:23 a.m. May 23,' Khim Lal Gautam, chief of the tourism's department field office at the base camp, told Agence France-Presse .
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