Sherpa Matches Record with 26th Everest Ascent.
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Pasang Dawa Sherpa, a Nepalese guide, has scaled Mount Everest for the 26th time, matching the record set by fellow guide Kami Rita Sherpa. Dawa reached the summit with a Hungarian climber, and Rita is currently leading a US team up the mountain to break his own record by climbing Everest for a 27th time. This year marks the 70th anniversary of the first ascent of Mount Everest in 1953 by New Zealander Edmund Hillary and his Sherpa guide Tenzing Norgay.
- Sherpa becomes 2nd person to scale Everest 26 times DW (English)
- Sherpa climbs Everest 26th time, matching record set by fellow Nepalese guide The Associated Press
- Sherpa Matches Mount Everest Record on 26th Ascent The Daily Beast
- Nepali sherpa becomes world's second person to scale Everest 26 times Reuters
- Nepal Everest | World | kdhnews.com The Killeen Daily Herald
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