Kathmandu — Nepali climber Phunjo Lama on Thursday reached Mount Everest's summit in 14 hours and 31 minutes, smashing the record for the world's fastest ascent of the mountain by a woman.
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Climbing to the top of the world's highest mountain, Mount Everest, has long been regarded as one of the greatest of human achievements. Nepali woman Phunjo Lama conquered that challenge in 14 ...
But Lama, who is in her thirties, shaved more than 11 hours off the previous best that had stood since 2021. It means she has reclaimed her own record. "She started (from the base camp) at 15:52 ...
(CNN) — Twenty-four hours and 26 minutes, without stopping to sleep: Nepal’s Phunjo Lama has just broken the world record for the fastest ascent of Mount Everest by a woman. Her journey from ...
In 2018, Lama clinched the record for the fastest ascent by a woman by climbing Everest in 39 hours and six minutes. That record was broken in 2021 by Ada Tsang Yin-hung from Hong Kong, who ...
Kathmandu (AFP) – Nepal's Phunjo Lama smashed the record Thursday for the fastest ascent of Everest by a woman, conquering the world's highest mountain in 14 hours and 31 minutes. Climbers ...