Nepali mountaineer Kami Rita Sherpa scales Mount Everest for 26th time, beating own world record.


Kathmandu: A 52-year-old mountain climber from Nepal, Kami Rita, set a new world record for climbing Mount Everest the most times. He has now climbed world’s tallest peak for the 26th time.
Kami Rita Sherpa scaled the 8,848.86-metre (29,031.69-foot) mountain on Saturday along the traditional southeast ridge route leading 10 other Sherpa climbers.
"Kami Rita has broken his own record and established a new world record in climbing," said an official.
Kami Rita's wife, who gave her name as Jangmu said she was happy over the achievement of her husband.
The climbing route used by Kami Rita was pioneered by New Zealander Sir Edmund Hillary and Nepal's sherpa Tenzing Norgay in 1953 and remains the most popular.
This year Nepal has issued 316 permits to climb Everest in the peak season, which runs through May, compared with 408 last year, the highest ever.
The Himalayan nation, which is heavily reliant on climbers for foreign exchange, faced criticism for allowing overcrowding and several climber deaths on the mountains in 2019.
Everest has been climbed 10,657 times since it was first scaled in 1953 from Nepali and Tibetan sides - many have climbed multiple times, and 311 people have died so far.

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