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sports2 years ago

Sherpa sets new record with 27th Mount Everest summit

Nepali sherpa Kami Rita Sherpa has set a new record by scaling Mount Everest for the 27th time, beating his own previous record. He climbed the 8,849-metre mountain early on Wednesday morning, guiding a foreign climber. Kami Rita has climbed Everest almost every year since 1994, except in 2014, 2015 and 2020. Nepal has issued a record 478 permits for people to climb Everest this year, and the country has been criticised for allowing too many climbers, many of them inexperienced, to try for the summit.

sports2 years ago

Nepali Sherpa sets new record with 27th ascent of Mount Everest.

Nepali sherpa Kami Rita Sherpa has set a new record by scaling Mount Everest for the 27th time, beating his own previous record. The 53-year-old sherpa guided a foreign climber along the traditional southeast ridge route to reach the summit. Kami Rita has been climbing Everest almost every year since his first ascent in 1994, except in 2014, 2015, and 2020 when climbing was halted for various reasons. Nepal has issued a record 478 permits for people to climb Everest this year, with many inexperienced climbers attempting the summit.

sports2 years ago

Nepali Sherpa Kami Rita sets new Everest record with 27th ascent.

Nepali Sherpa Kami Rita Sherpa has set a new record by scaling Mount Everest for the 27th time, beating his own previous record. The 53-year-old climber reached the summit early on Wednesday, guiding a foreign climber along the traditional southeast ridge route. Kami Rita first climbed Everest in 1994 and has climbed it almost every year since then, except in 2014, 2015 and 2020, when climbing was halted for various reasons.

sports2 years ago

Sherpa Matches Record with 26th Everest Ascent.

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.