Climbing Everest, Cheating Death: Extraordinary ‘Mountain Queen’ Lhakpa Sherpa Emerges In Lucy Walker’s Netflix Documentary

Two-time Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Lucy Walker shares a name with a 19th century alpinist, the first woman to summit the Matterhorn, in 1871, and the Eiger, in 1864 (feats she accomplished in a full-length dress — traditional women’s attire in the Victorian era). In her new documentary, Walker tells the story of a present-day climber, […]