Mount Everest guide breaks own record with 31st summit

A seasoned Sherpa usher has scaled Mount Everest for the 31st time, beating his ain record.

Kami Rita, who archetypal climbed Everest successful 1994, reached the acme of the world's highest upland connected Tuesday.

The Nepali guided a radical of clients and reached the acme successful the aboriginal morning, according to Kathmandu-based Seven Summits Treks.

Before embarking connected the record-breaking climb, the 55-year-old told the Associated Press quality bureau helium would perchance adjacent ascent to the apical for the 32nd time, aft helium made 2 palmy climbs past year.

He is 1 of galore Sherpa guides whose expertise and skills are captious to the information and occurrence of overseas climbers aspiring to basal connected apical of the mountain, which stands astatine 8,849m.

In summation to Everest, helium has climbed different peaks that are among the world's highest, including K2, Cho Oyu, Manaslu and Lhotse.

Fellow Sherpa usher Pasang Dawa, who has made 29 palmy ascents of Everest, is his closest challenger for the record.

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Most radical who ascent Everest and the adjacent Himalayas bash truthful successful April and May, erstwhile the upwind is much favourable.

The upland was archetypal climbed successful 1953 by New Zealander Edmund Hillary and Nepali Sherpa Tenzing Norgay.