Lakpa Gelu Sherpa

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Lakpa Gelu Sherpa

Nepali mountaineer

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Mount Everest
Extraordinary feats
…Sherpas in 2003—Pemba Dorje and Lakpa Gelu, with Lakpa summiting in just 10 hours 56 minutes. Not to be outdone, Pemba returned the next year and reached the top in 8 hours 10 minutes. Perhaps as remarkable were the achievements of Apa Sherpa. In 2000 he reached the summit for…
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…Sherpas in 2003—Pemba Dorje and Lakpa Gelu, with Lakpa summiting in just 10 hours 56 minutes. Not to be outdone, Pemba returned the next year and reached the top in 8 hours 10 minutes. Perhaps as remarkable were the achievements of Apa Sherpa. In 2000 he reached the summit for…
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