Most ascents of Everest (female)

The most ascents of Everest (aka Sagarmāthā; Chomolungma), the world's highest mountain, by a woman is 11, by Lhakpa Sherpa (Nepal, b. 23 September 1973), who reached the summit most recently on 17 May 2026 at 9.30 a.m. local time.

At 8,848.86 m (29,032 ft) above sea level, Everest is the highest mountain on Earth. In 2020, a joint initiative by Chinese and Nepalese land surveyors announced that Everest's height had grown from the 8,848 m (29,029 ft) elevation that had been logged by the Survey of India in 1954.

Lhakpa Sherpa, who is a mountain guide, completed her first Everest ascent on 18 May 2000, via the south side; her next nine ascents were made via the north route in Tibet, China. Her 11th climb returned to the Nepali side; she was hoping to complete a second ascent of Everest in the 2026 season.

The first people to top Everest were New Zealand's Edmund Hillary and Nepali sherpa Tenzing Norgay (b. Tibet, China) on 29 May 1953. The first woman to summit Everest was Junko Tabei (Japan) on 16 May 1975.