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 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. 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.