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How Lhakpa Sherpa overcame an abusive marriage to make a record-breaking Everest climb

- HANNAH DAVIES, VICTORIA WILSON, CAREN CLARK

NETFLIX Mountain Queen: The Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa NEW Available: Wednesday 31 July Genre: Documentary

Nepal-born Lhakpa Sherpa left a violent marriage and a low-paid job in a Connecticut supermarket to climb Mount Everest for a record-breaking 10th time – the most by any woman.

Now, her extraordinary story of bravery, strength and determination is told in a remarkable feature-length Netflix documentary,