A Nepalese Sherpa has climbed Mount Everest for the 26th time, surpassing his own previous record set last year, a Nepalese government official said on Sunday.
Kami Rita, 52, climbed the 8,848-meter mountain on Saturday along the traditional Southeast Summit route, leading a group of 10 other Sherpa climbers.
“Kami Rita has broken her own record and set a new world record in climbing,” said Taranath Adhikari, director general of the Kathmandu Department of Tourism. The Nepalese’s wife said she was happy with her husband’s conquest.
The climbing route used by Kami Rita was first used by New Zealander Sir Edmund Hillary and Nepalese Sherpa Tenzing Norgay in 1953 and remains the most popular.
This year, Nepal issued 316 permits to climb Everest in the peak season, which runs through May, compared with 408 last year, an all-time high.
The Himalayan nation, which relies heavily on climbers, faced criticism for allowing overcrowding and several mountain climber deaths in 2019.
Everest has been climbed 10,657 times since 1953 from the Nepalese and Tibetan sides – many have climbed multiple times and 311 people have died so far, according to the Himalayan Database.
Source: CNN Brasil
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