New Netflix Documentary ‘Mountain Queen’ Follows Inspiring Story of 10-Time Everest Climber Lhakpa Sherpa
variety.comJenelle Riley Deputy Awards and Features Editor The only woman to have scaled Mount Everest 10 times is making easy work of a steep hill in Los Angeles’ Griffith Park.
On a blistering July day, Lhakpa Sherpa — whose remarkable story is told in the documentary “Mountain Queen: The Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa” — is leading a hike that has most of the group huffing and mopping their brows.
But the 50-year-old Sherpa, clad in sandals and wrapped in a sweater, isn’t even breaking a sweat. “Mountain Queen” details Sherpa’s journey to becoming the first Nepali woman to summit Everest in 2000, a particularly impressive feat as she was illiterate and had no formal education.
But the movie, which arrives on Netflix July 31, isn’t just an account of physical triumph. It begins in 2022, with Sherpa working at a Whole Foods in Connecticut and living in a small apartment with her two daughters.
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