<P> Many Mount Everest records are held by Nepali, especially those from the Sherpa region . </P> <Ul> <Li> On 11 May 2011, Apa Sherpa successfully reached the summit of Everest for the twenty - first time, breaking his own record for the most successful ascents . He first climbed Mount Everest in 1989 at the age of 29 . <Ul> <Li> Phurba Tashi Sherpa (also 21 times) </Li> <Li> Kami Rita Sherpa (21 times by 2017) </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> One famous Nepalese female mountaineer was Pasang Lhamu Sherpa, the first Nepali female climber to reach the summit of Everest, but who died during the descent . Another well - known woman Sherpa was the two - time Everest summiter Pemba Doma Sherpa, who died after falling from Lhotse on 22 May 2007 . </Li> <Li> Nepali mountaineer Lhakpa Sherpa, the first Nepali female climber to reach the summit of Everest and descend from it, has stood atop of Everest 7 times by 2016 and 8 times by 2017, the most times for woman . </Li> <Li> Nima Jangmu Sherpa, 28, made the historic ascent on Mt Kanchenjunga on 23 May 2018 morning and became the only woman in the world to climb Nepal's three highest peaks (Mt Everest - 14 May 2018, Mt Lhotse - 29 April 2018, Mt Kanchenjunga--23 May 2018) above 8,000 metres in a single season within 25 days . She has also become the only Nepali woman to stand atop the world's third highest peak, Mt Kanchenjunga. (10) </Li> </Ul> <Li> On 11 May 2011, Apa Sherpa successfully reached the summit of Everest for the twenty - first time, breaking his own record for the most successful ascents . He first climbed Mount Everest in 1989 at the age of 29 . <Ul> <Li> Phurba Tashi Sherpa (also 21 times) </Li> <Li> Kami Rita Sherpa (21 times by 2017) </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Ul> <Li> Phurba Tashi Sherpa (also 21 times) </Li> <Li> Kami Rita Sherpa (21 times by 2017) </Li> </Ul>

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