Meanwhile, a 46-year-old Moldovan climber died on the mountain the same day. Read more at straitstimes.com.
KATHMANDU - Nepali climber Kami Rita Sherpa reached the top of Mount Everest for the 27th time on Wednesday, reclaiming the record for the most summits of the world’s highest mountain.
Earlier Wednesday, British guide Kenton Cool reached the world’s highest point for the 17th time, extending his own record for the most summits by a non-Nepali. Since most will need a guide, more than 900 people – a record – will try to summit this season, which runs until early June. A guide for more than two decades, Mr Kami Rita Sherpa first summited in 1994 when working for a commercial expedition.
Dubbed “the Everest man”, Mr Sherpa was born in 1970 in Thame, a village in the Himalayas renowned as a breeding ground for successful mountaineers. “In reality, it’s not that amazing,” he said, pointing out that many Sherpa guides had stood on the peak more often than him.
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