KATMANDU: A renowned Nepali Sherpa guide scaled Mount Everest for the 32nd time on Sunday, an official said, smashing his own record set last year.
Kami Rita Sherpa, 56, reached the 8,849-meter (29,032 foot) peak — the highest in the world — while guiding clients from the 14 Peaks Expedition company.
Nepal’s Department of Tourism congratulated the Sherpa for achieving the “historic milestone” and for his contributions to promoting mountain tourism.
He reached the summit at 10:12 a.m. (0427 GMT) on Sunday, it said in a statement adding that a Sherpa woman, Lakhpa, 52, had made her 11th ascent to the peak, the most by a woman. Details of the climbs were not available.
Kami Rita was born in the same Thame village in Solukhumbu district as Tenzing Norgay. Norgay and New Zealander Sir Edmund Hillary were the first to climb Everest in 1953.
