Lakpa Sherpa (Nepal) successfully reached the summit of Mt Everest for the fifth time on 2 June 2005. She made the climb with her husband, George Demarescu (USA), who was himself completing his seventh ascent of the world¹s tallest mountain.

Lakpa Sherpa made her first ascent in 2000, and her second in 2001. In 2003 she made the ascent with her sister Ming Kipa Sherpa, who was 15 and the youngest person ever to climb Everest. Her 2004 summit was also made in the company of Demarescu.