Woman Climbs Everest Twice In A Week

A young Nepalese woman has entered the record books after climbing Mount Everest twice in the same week.

Twenty-nine-year-old Chhurim Sherpa scaled the 8,850m (29,035ft) peak on May 12 and 19 last year, but her achievement has only now been officially recognised by Guinness World Records.

Ms Chhurim's certificate, confirming her as the first woman to climb Everest twice in the same season, was presented to her by Nepal's tourism minister Posta Bahadur Bogati.

Despite her remarkable feat, achieved with only a couple of days of rest at base camp in between ascents, Ms Chhurim is not yet ready to give up climbing.

Chhurim Sherpa

"Everest is the first of the highest mountains that I have climbed, but I will continue mountaineering and hope to scale more peaks," she said.

Ms Chhurim's double ascent is all the more impressive given that women represent only a small proportion of the climbers who conquer Everest each year.

"The male mountaineers have set many records but women have fallen behind. It can be difficult for women because they are considered not as strong as men and face many problems like finding toilets," she said.

First conquered by Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay Sherpa in 1953, Mount Everest has been scaled by almost 4,000 climbers. Mountaineers have just a brief window each May in which it is possible to reach the summit.

The record for most ascents is held by Apa Sherpa, who has conquered the world's highest peak 21 times.

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