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The summit push was brutal. A storm pinned her team down at the Balcony (8,400m) for 16 hours. Her guide, a man half her age, turned back. "Too dangerous," he said.

, Lhakpa Sherpa lives in a small apartment in Hartford, Connecticut. She works at a local Nepali grocery store, coaches high school track, and climbs Kilimanjaro for fun. Her daughter, Shiny, is studying medicine. Her son, Sunny, recently climbed his first 6,000-meter peak. Mountain Queen The Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa 202...

They called her "Lhakpa the Lucky." But luck had nothing to do with it. The summit push was brutal