Posted by Rajan on March 11, 2000 at 09:57:35:
In Reply to: Women posted by Rodney on March 10, 2000 at 18:38:51:
You might be wrong in saying no Sherpa women has reached the summit. Pasang Lhamu Sherpa reached the summit but died while on the way back. In fact, Nepal government has her in the stamp.
Rajan
: An all-female team of sherpas has been formed to
: climb Mount Everest in May. Calling themselves the
: Nepalese Women Millennium Everest Expedition
: 2000, the team will be one of 40 teams from
: around the world competing to be the first to
: Mount Everest in the new millennium. Only 52
: women have reached the summit of Mount Everest
: and as yet no female sherpas have made it.