KATHMANDU, MAY 22

A woman climber from Ukraine today scripted a history in mountain climbing becoming the first Ukrainian female to scale Mt Everest for the third time.

Tashi Lakpa Sherpa, Chief Executive Officer at 14 Peaks Expedition Pvt Ltd said that Antonina Samoilova, 35, stood atop the world's highest peak at around 4:55am this morning.

'Antonina is the only woman from Ukraine to successfully scale Everest three times,' Sherpa said.

According to him, Antonina scaled Mr Everest in 2022, 2023 and 2024 being a part of the 14 Peaks Expedition in the spring season.

Prem's at resident of Cherkassy, Antonina, along with her partner, has been running a restaurant in Kiev.