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The Queen of Everest Trains While Working at Whole Foods

Lhakpa Sherpa has climbed Mount Everest 10 times, the most ascents ever by a woman. She has no plans of slowing down.

Lhakpa Sherpa, a quiet climbing pioneer, works at Whole Foods in West Hartford, Conn.Credit...Stan Godlewski for The New York Times

When Lhakpa Sherpa trudged into Everest base camp alongside her 15-year-old daughter, Shiny Dijmarescu, last April, it felt like a homecoming.

She was back in Nepal after four long years, hoping to take in the view from the roof of the world for the 10th time.