She's the greatest Everest climber you’ve never heard of. MOUNTAIN QUEEN: The Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa tracks Lhakpa Sherpa's storied mountaineering career against her record-breaking 10th summit to reveal a rich personal history – from her childhood as a girl denied an education in rural Nepal, to her experience as an immigrant in America and survivor of intimate partner violence, to her fight to live as a fearless example to her teenage daughters. Through it all, Lhakpa climbs - her incredible strength and resilience inspired by her own mother goddess of the universe - Chomolungma, Mt. Everest.
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00:00The Everest is my game.
00:07That is my dream.
00:11Washing dishes to support her two daughters, Sherpa is the picture of humility.
00:16I cannot write.
00:17I've never been educated.
00:19My life hurts me.
00:21The Everest picks up my soul like magic.
00:28My mom's summited Everest nine times.
00:31She is in a league of her own.
00:34She really wants this to be a summit where everything starts getting better for our lives.
00:39It's very dangerous, but I don't give up.
00:43People say, Olapa, you're so humble.
00:45I'm not so humble.
00:46It's really hard to get out of this mountain.
00:49Really?
00:50Me, I feel nothing.
00:51I'm very brave.
00:52How many tanks of oxygen does she have?
01:00Maybe forty-nine.
01:01I've asked my mom to tell me stories about my dad, but she wouldn't want to go there.
01:10Lhakpa was the queen of the Sherpa, and George was this underground legend.
01:15I see this perfect mountain man turned very angry person.
01:19George is my Yeri, my master.
01:23I want to change my life for my children.
01:26I go carry my power back.
01:28Only summit day I will show them.
01:31Women cannot give up.
01:34Ten summits, I work so hard.
01:39I want to do something good.
01:41I see you.
01:42I see someone that can be something.
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