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.