Lakpa Gelu

Quick Facts

Full Name	Lakpa Gelu
Occupation	Mountain Climber
Date Of Birth	Jun 23, 1967(1967-06-23)
Age	57
Birthplace	Nepal
Country	Nepal
Horoscope	Cancer

Lakpa Gelu Biography

Lakpa Gelu is one of the most popular and richest Mountain Climber who was born on June 23, 1967 in Nepal, Nepal. Nepalese mountain climber who had set the world record for the fastest climb to the top of Mount Everest in his 10th trip to the summit. He completed the climb in 10 hours 56 minutes and 46 seconds. Other summits he has reached include Cho Oyu and Ama Dablam in the Himalayas.

He and Jordan Romero are both record setting climbers of Mount Everest.

Lakpa Gelu (Nepali: ल्हाक्पा घेलु ) (born June 23, 1967), often spelled Lhakpa, is a Nepalese Sherpa climber from Jubing – 1, KhariKhola, Solukhumbu, Nepal. He is known for holding a world record for the fastest climbing of Mount Everest (the world’s tallest mountain at 8,848 meters, known to the Nepalese as “Sagarmatha”) in only 10 hours 56 minutes and 46 seconds. Gelu’s record-breaking trip was his tenth trip to the summit of the mountain.

Moreover, Pemba Dorje’s record is not the first speed record to be disputed by fellow climbers. In 1978, when Reinhold Messner and Peter Habeler made the first summit of Everest without supplemental oxygen, Sherpas including Tenzing Norgay (who made the first-ever ascent of Everest with Sir Edmund Hillary) doubted that it was possible. And even mountaineers as accomplished as the late Ueli Steck have had their records challenged. In 2014, when he claimed to have summited Annapurna solo—a feat for which he won the Piolets d’Or award—the legendary climber lost his camera in a small avalanche and did not carry a GPS. With little proof to support Steck’s claim, some people in the mountaineering community doubted it ever happened. Even Jornet’s Everest record from last May has been challenged by skeptics, Arnette says.

His older brother died while climbing Annapurna in 1991. His youngest brother has also climbed Mount Everest. He and his wife Fulli have children named Ang Dawa, Nima, and Tashi.

Lakpa Gelu Net Worth

Lakpa Gelu is one of the richest Mountain Climber from Nepal. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Lakpa Gelu 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

His exact birth date is not confirmed as his hometown does not record birth dates, but it is reportedly June 6, 1967. He was raised in the Solukhumbu of Nepal.

He struggled financially after moving to Utah in December of 2006. Eventually, he began working as a guide for Alpine Ascents International.

Lhakpa Gelu was born around June 23, 1967 in the Solukhumbu of Nepal. The ethnic Sherpa community in Nepal does not record exact birth dates, though, so it is impossible to know his precise birth date.

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Gelu started for the summit at 5:00 p.m. on May 25, 2003, and reached on the summit at 3:56:46 a.m. on May 26. He returned to Base Camp at 11:20 a.m. on the 26th. (It is also reported that upon reaching the top, Gelu hoisted the Nepalese flag on a 6-foot-tall (1.8 m) brass pole.) The total time of his climb from Base Camp to the summit and back to Base Camp was 18 hours 20 minutes.

Facts & Trivia

Lakpa Ranked on the list of most popular Mountain Climber. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Nepal. Lakpa Gelu celebrates birthday on June 23 of every year.

Shortly after Pemba Dorje reset the fastest known time, Lakpa Gelu challenged the veracity of his record. Lakpa Gelu and other skeptics pointed to the fact that no photographic evidence exists to support Pemba Dorje’s claim, no one climbed with him to verify the summit, and the harsh weather on May 21, 2004, would likely have prevented a successful summit attempt. This body of evidence—or lack thereof—led Lakpa Gelu in 2013 to appeal to the Nepalese Supreme Court, which ruled last week in his favor, ending what Arnette calls a “turf battle”.

Who is Lhakpa Gelu Sherpa?

Lhakpa Gelu Sherpa holds the world speed record on Mount Everest , climbing from base camp to the summit in just 10 hours, 56 minutes and 46 seconds, on May 26, 2003. But his achievements in mountaineering, particularly on Everest, do not end there.

Who is lakpa?

Lhakpa Sherpa (also Lakpa) (Nepali: Lakhpa Sherpa; born 1973) is a Nepalese Sherpa mountain climber. She has climbed Mount Everest nine times, the most of any woman in the world. In 2000, she became the first Nepalese woman to climb and descend Everest successfully.

Who has climbed Mount Everest the most?

Kami Rita Sherpa summits Everest for the 26th time, breaking his own record Kami Rita Sherpa has set and broke his own world record for the most successful Mount Everest ascents multiple times in recent years.

How long does it take to climb Mount Everest?

How long does it take to climb Everest? It takes about two months to climb Mt. Everest. Gordon Janow, director of programs at Alpine Ascents International, a Seattle-based expedition company, flew a group of 12 climbers to the Himalayas in late March and doesn’t expect them to come home until the end of May.

Where is Lhakpa Sherpa now?

Lhakpa now lives in the US state of Connecticut with their two daughters. She also has a son from a previous relationship.