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Nepal’s Phunjo Lama smashes women’s record for fastest ascent of Everest by 11 hours: ‘inspiration for female climbers’

by NEWSROOM


Nepal’s Phunjo Lama smashed the record on Thursday for the fastest ascent of Everest by a woman, conquering the world’s highest mountain in 14 hours and 31 minutes.

Climbers usually take days to reach the top of the 8,849-metre (29,000-foot) mountain, spending nights on its different camps to rest and acclimatise.

But Lama, who is in her thirties, shaved more than 11 hours off the previous best that had stood since 2021. It means she has reclaimed her own world record.

“She started [from the base camp] at 15:52 on May 22, summited 6:23am…



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