Renowned climber Kami Rita Sherpa stood atop Mount Everest for an unprecedented 31st time at around 4 AM on Tuesday, once again breaking his own world record for the most ascents of the world’s highest peak, measuring 8848.86-metre.
This season, the 55-year-old Sherpa led an Indian Army expedition as the team’s lead climbing guide, continuing a remarkable mountaineering career that began with his first successful Everest summit in 1994.
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Sherpa was born in Thame, a village near Everest Base Camp that was impacted by a Glacial Lake Outburst Flood in August 2024.
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Trailing him in the record books is Pasang Dawa Sherpa, who has now reached the Everest summit 29 times, including two successful ascents in the ongoing spring season.
