A Sherpa woman who works at a Connecticut 7-Eleven just climbed Everest for a record seventh time

Lhakpa Sherpa is the daughter of tea-house owners, and spent her childhood along a trekking route in an isolated village that hugs the steep slopes of the world's grandest mountain range, the Himalayas. From a young age, members of her family and others in the Sherpa ethnic community recognized her grittiness. Instead of sending her to school, […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2016/05/20/a-sherpa-woman-who-works-at-a-connecticut-7-11-just-climbed-everest-for-a-record-seventh-time/