/ 09 May 2022

Sherpa guide breaks his Everest record

Image source: Unsplash
Image source: Unsplash

Nepal’s Kami Rita Sherpa scaled Mount Everest for the 26th time over the weekend, breaking his own record for the most climbs of the world’s highest peak. He reached the 8,849m summit leading a group of 10 Sherpa climbers who fixed ropes along the route so that climbers can make the hazardous trip later this month. The group reached the summit on Saturday evening, which has its own hazards, including a greater risk of the weather deteriorating and climbers losing their way down. The 52yo first scaled the mountain in 1994 and has made the trip nearly every year since then. The climbing route he uses was pioneered by New Zealander Sir Edmund Hillary and his sherpa Tenzing Norgay in 1953. May is the peak season for climbing because it brings the best weather. This year, Nepal has issued 316 permits to climb, compared to 408 last year which was a record high.

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