Ming Kipa Sherpa
Nepalese mountaineer
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Mount Everest record
- In Mount Everest: Extraordinary feats
…such restrictions, and in 2003 Ming Kipa Sherpa, a 15-year-old Nepalese girl, reached the summit from the Tibetan side. Her record was eclipsed in 2010 when American Jordan Romero, 13, reached the top—again from the north side—on May 22. Romero’s accomplishment was made all the more notable because it was…
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