Netflix’s Mountain Queen: The Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa Defies The Odds

What lengths would you go to to provide a brighter future for your family? For Nepali mountaineer Lhakpa Sherpa, the answer is all the way to the top of Mount Everest. Netflix’s new documentary Mountain Queen: The Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa, produced and edited by MakeMake creatives, follows this remarkable woman’s journey as she risks everything for the sake of her daughters on a record-breaking Mount Everest climb.

Sherpa has lived nothing less than an exceptional life, rising above obstacle after obstacle. Despite her circumstances and challenges, she has relentlessly persisted in her goals — in 2000, she became the first Nepali woman to summit and survive Mount Everest, and today she holds the record for most Everest summits by a woman at 10 climbs. 

Many MakeMake creatives had their hand in this inspiring documentary, including Editors David Brodie, Inaya Yusuf, and Carlos Haynes.

Watch the official trailer for Mountain Queen below, and stream the documentary on Netflix starting July 31.