Mt. Everest 2005: Lakpa Sherpa and George Dijmarescu

Update Page 2005

Update: Lakpa Sherpa going for 5th and 6th Summit of Everest in the same season. Lakpa will attempt to be the first woman to summit Everest twice in the same year in Spring 2005! Her husband George Dijmarescu summited for his 6th time last year and has plans for his 7th in 2005.

Lakpa Sherpa ©George Dijmarescu

Lakpa Sherpa grew up in Makalu, Nepal. In her village there was no school so she worked. In 2000, she was the leader of the Sherpa woman's expedition sponsored by Asian trekking. She became the first Nepali woman to Summit Mount Everest and return alive on May 18th, 2000. In 2001, she returned to the mountain. Alleged that she was sexually harassed, a story that has never been told publicly, she looked for help. She found George Dijmarescu on the mountain and she joined with him and summited the mountain a second time in 2001. In 2002 she married George and they had a baby girl, Sunny. Her Everest career, took a year off in 2002 for having the baby. But she returned in 2003 with her 15 year old sister and summited for the third time. George Dijmarescu oxygen failed on summit day, so he summited later in the season that year for his 5th summit of Everest.

Mr and Mrs Sir Edmund Hillary with Lakpa Sherpa and her 15 year old sister who summited Everest last year...

In 2004, they returned to Everest with "The Connecticut Everest Expedition 2004". George and Lakpa summited, for his 6th time (one without oxygen) and her 4th time.

So who is this woman who has summited Everest 4 times and married a man who swam the Danube River, jumped from a moving train and made his way alone through the Alps to escape the brutality of communist Romania under Nicolae Ceausescu?

As Lakpa gets ready for her 5th summit of Everest, with a goal of summiting the world's highest mountain 10 times, look at who she is: First the facts and video: Lakpa has summited the mountain 4 times on the 4 expeditions. Something only a few that walk this earth a few can say... Lakpa, for those who know her, is a complex woman. Take a look at the videos on the PBS site and the stories PBS ran (partnering with EverestNews.com in some cases in the past). Get a rare look at this woman climber who is setting a standard on Everest...

THE STORY Synopsis of "Dreams of Chomolongma"

Make sure you watch the VIDEO! So you see Lakpa Sherpa!

also check PBS Frontline 2003 Update on Lakpa

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