Nepali mountaineer Kami Rita Sherpa scales Mount Everest for 31st time breaking own record
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May 27, 2025
Nepali mountaineer Kami Rita Sherpa scales Mount Everest for 31st time breaking own record
Kathmandu: Famed Nepalese Sherpa guide Kami Rita on Tuesday scaled Mount Everest for the 31st time, breaking his own record for the most successful ascents of the world's highest mountain.
The 55-year-old climber leading stood atop the 8,849-meter summit at around 4 am under stable weather conditions, according to Mingma Sherpa, chairman of Seven Summit Treks, the expedition organiser.
He was guiding a team of the Indian Army Adventure Wing Everest Expedition, led by Lieutenant Colonel Manoj Joshi.“This new feat cements his status as the record holder for the highest number of ascents to the top of the world — a record that no one else has come close to,” the Kathmandu Post newspaper quoted MingmaAccording to Dawa, between 1994 to 2025 Kami Rita also scaled K2 and Mt Lhotse one time, Manaslu thrice, and Cho Oyu eight times.
Hundreds of climbers attempt to climb Mount Everest from the Nepali side each year.Everest was first climbed in 1953 by New Zealander Edmund Hillary and Nepali Sherpa Tenzing Norgay.
PTI
