Nepali climber claims record 25th Everest ascent

KATHMANDU: Nepali climber Kami Rita Sherpa on Friday reached the summit of Mount Everest for the 25th time, breaking his own record for the most summits of the highest mountain in the world.

A guide for more than two decades, Sherpa first summited the 8,848m peak in 1994 when working for a commercial expedition."It isn't about breaking records ... My aim was to celebrate my silver jubilee by climbing 25 times in 2020 at the age of 50, but Covid didn't let that happen. So this year I will make my dream come true," Sherpa told AFP at the base camp before heading up.

Sherpa plans for a double summit this year too, and will guide up a royal Bahrain team to the summit.

You can conquer Mt Everest as many times as you wish but it only takes Everest to conquer you once and.....

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