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To reach the summit of Mount Everest requires incredible determination, fitness and a willingness to risk death.
For Lhakpa Sherpa, who has climbed the world's highest mountain more times than any other woman, it was even harder: she had to overcome poverty, rebel against a family and Nepalese culture that did not support her ambitions, and survive an abusive marriage to a climber who nearly killed her.
Sherpa’s extraordinary story and her attempt to break her own record for climbing Everest are told in the Oscar-nominated documentary Mountain Queen: The Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa, debuting in theaters this week before premiering on Netflix on July 31. Two-time Academy Award nominee director Lucy Walker joins Deadline’s Doc Talk podcast for the latest edition of her film to discuss the remarkable woman at its center.
