Pasang Lhamu Sherpa Akita Climbed Mt. Manaslu

𝑃𝑎𝑠𝑎𝑛𝑔 𝐿ℎ𝑎𝑚𝑢 𝑆ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑝𝑎 𝐴𝑘𝑖𝑡𝑎 𝑎𝑑𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 8000 𝑚𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑡𝑜 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑐𝑙𝑖𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑑 𝑙𝑖𝑠𝑡. 𝑊𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑀𝑎𝑛𝑎𝑠𝑙𝑢 𝑡𝑜𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑎𝑡 2:18 𝑝𝑚 𝑁𝑃𝑇. According to Imagine Nepal Treks and Expedition 𝑀𝑠 𝐴𝑘𝑖𝑡𝑎 ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑒 𝑠𝑢𝑚𝑚𝑖𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑀𝑡 𝑀𝑎𝑛𝑎𝑠𝑙𝑢—𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑡 10 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 14, 8000 𝑚𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑝𝑒𝑎𝑘𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑑 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑙𝑖𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑑.

Pasang Lhamu Sherpa Akita is a renowned Nepali mountaineer. She made history as the first woman in Nepal to become a mountaineering instructor and was among the first Nepali women to reach the summit of K2.

With her, a Sherpa climber from Imagine Nepal, Phurba Gyaljen, also reached the summit of Manaslu.

 Pasang had climbed the Manaslu forest summit, and she repeated her climb to get to the true summit of Manaslu.

Imagine Nepal wrote on the social network Facebook "She has always been an inspiration to the women climbers, and we are proud to have her as part of the Imagine Nepal team."