Mountain Queen Lhakpa Sherpa is a Survivor and Inspiration to Millions

Watching this documentary fave me flashbacks of when I climbed Ayers Rock in Australia.  That climb was an infamously dangerous spot where many tourist lost their lives.  As a matter of fact, my group’s climb was postponed b a day due to an unfortunate tourist accident.

The first Nepali woman to summit and descend Mount Everest, now a single mum working at a Connecticut Whole Foods, heads back to Everest to make a better life for her two daughters.

Director Lucy Walker exquisitely captures Sherpa’s life from her humble  beginnings in Nepal, through her tumultuous marriage, all while pursuing her dream of climbing the Summit – Mt. Everest, gaining her independence and being a loving supportive example for her girls. Walker consequently captures the climb with a non apologetic look at the beauty of the mountain, yet allowing audiences to witness just how easily one can fall to their death.

Overcoming a life where women were treated like second class citizens and not even allowed to attend school or be a mountain guide, Sherpa to cutting her in an act of defiance in order to participate tells you everything you need to know about someone with the tenacity to never take no for an answer.

Watching her face get burned from the intensity of the cold or feeling week was never a deterrent as Sherpa refers to the mountain as a”‘doctor who fixes her soul.”

Lhapka Sherpa is the first and only woman to climb Mt. Everest a record ten times by the age of 48. Mountain Queen: The Summit of Lhakpa Sherpa is must see so women everywhere can learn the only boundary or limitations one has are the ones placed on yourself.

Watching her on this journey will invigorate your soul, but Sherpa’s only desire is to honor her daughters, “…having a daughter is like watering a neighboring garden” waiting on it grow and flourish into a full fledged whole human being with purpose, vitality and hope.