Climber Lhakpa Sherpa is the Mountain Queen
A must-watch new documentary just dropped on Netflix, check out the trailer below
She’s the greatest Everest climber you’ve never heard of. Mountain Queen: The Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa tracks Lhakpa Sherpa’s storied mountaineering career against her record-breaking 10th summit to reveal a rich personal history.
The documentary features Lhakpa’s life from her childhood as a girl denied an education in rural Nepal, to her experience as an immigrant in America and survivor of intimate partner violence, to her fight to live as a fearless example to her teenage daughters.
Through it all, Lhakpa climbs – her incredible strength and resilience inspired by her own mother goddess of the universe – Chomolungma, Mount Everest. Watch the trailer below and find the film on Netflix.
Mountain Queen
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