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Lhakpa Sherpa (also Lakpa) is a mountain climber and housekeeper. Lhakpa has climbed Mount Everest seven times, the most of any woman in the world. in 2000 she became the first Nepalese woman to climb and descend Everest successfully. Lhakpa grew up in Makalu, Nepal as one of 11 children. She has two daughters and one son, and was married to George Dijmarescu, a Romanian-American, for 12 years. They met in 2000 in Kathmandu, Nepal and got Married in 2002. Lhakpa grew up in Makalu Nepal, and in 2000 she was the leader of an expedition sponsored by Asian Trekking. On September 18, 2000 she became the first Nepali woman to summit Mount Everest and survive (see also Pasang Lhamu Sherpa). In 2003, the U.S. PBS noted that she had summited Mount Everest three times, the most for a woman. In May 2003 she reached the summit with her sister and brother; Ming Kipa and Mingma Gelu. Her little sister Mingma reached the summit on May 22, 2003 when she was 15 years old (she climbed with Lhakpa and Gelu), thus becoming the youngest woman and person known to have summited Mount Everest (see also Temba Tsheri and Jordan Romero ). Her brother is Mingma Gelu Sherpa and is noted to have reached the summit of Mount Everest eight times by 2016. By 2007 George had summited Everest nine times since 1999 and Lhakpa six times. That year they hosted a presentation about their 2007 Everest trip, with donations taken for Quaker Lane Cooperative Nursery School. George and Lhapka summited Mount Everest 5 times together. In 2008 George got cancer, which combined with medical bills was noted as one of the the factors that created tension in the marriage. In 2016, she began to receive greater recognition as the woman with the most Everest summitings, and completed her seventh summit that year. Lhapka is named for the day of the week she was born on (Wednesday). Although born in Nepal, she is now a U.S. resident and a works at taking care of her three children and various jobs. She has worked at the U.S. store 7 Eleven. However, in interviews she noted her desire for the mountain, a condition previously seen in such climbers as George Mallory and Yuichiro Miura according to U.K media outlet The Daily Telegraph.