Kathmandu, May 17 -- Mountaineer Lhakpa Sherpa extended her own world record for the highest number of successful Everest ascents by a woman after scaling the peak for the 11th time on Sunday morning.

According to Chhang Dawa Sherpa, who is currently at the Everest Base Camp, Lhakpa reached the summit of Mount Everest at around 9:30am, surpassing her previous record of 10 ascents.

With Sunday's ascent, Lhakpa has now climbed Everest eight times from the northern ridge in Tibet and three times from the southern route in Nepal.

On May 18, 2000, while leading the Nepali Women Millennium Expedition, she became the first Nepali woman to summit Everest and return safely. She followed Pasang Lhamu Sherpa, who became the first Nepali woman to ...