Kathmandu. Nepali female climber Phunjo Zhangmu Lama has set a record by climbing the world’s highest peak Mount Everest in less than 15 hours. Phunjo from Gorkha reached the peak of Mt. Everest at 6:23 am today in the ongoing Mt. Everest climb of the spring season and set the record for the fastest woman climber of Mt. Mt.
According to Khimlal Gautam, head of the temporary field office of the Tourism Department at the Everest base camp, Phunjo, who started climbing from the base camp at 3.52 pm on Wednesday, reached the peak of Everest at 6.23 am today. It is reported that she set a record by climbing Mount Everest in 14 hours and 31 minutes.
Earlier in 2018, Phunjo had set a record by reaching the summit of Mount Everest in 39 hours and 6 minutes. Later in 2021, Hong Kong’s Xiang Yin Hong broke the record set by Phunjo by climbing Mt. Everest in 25 hours and 50 minutes. Earlier, Pemba Dorje Sherpa of Dolakha set a record in the Guinness Book of Records as the fastest man to climb Mt. Everest by climbing Mt.
Born in the year 2043 in Chhekamber Burji village (Chum Valley) of Gorkha in an ordinary family, Phunjo was interested in mountain climbing since her childhood. Phunjo, who started her climbing journey by climbing Mount Denali in America, has climbed mountains like Choyu, Amadablam, Lapuche, Manaslu.
She has also climbed the “Momlong” mountain in France. According to Shiv Bahadur Sapkota, Secretary General of Everest Climbing Association, Secretary of Nepal Mountaineering Association, climber Phunjo has set a new record by climbing from the base camp to the peak of Everest in 24 hours and 24 minutes and from the peak to the base camp of Everest.
He said that the adventure of the Nepali girl has played a role in promoting Nepal’s adventure tourism around the world as well as promoting world peace, climate change, and encouraging climbers.
Phunjo has been working to rescue those who have had an accident while climbing the mountain by hanging on to the helicopter. She has been carrying out rescue work in Khumbu region of Solukhumbu and Manaslu region of Gorkha by reaching the mountain peaks, Khoch and glaciers by hanging on helicopters. Phunjo, the first Nepalese woman helicopter long-line rescuer, has already been honored with the Tenzing-Hilary Award.