Kathmandu, Nepal — Famed Sherpa usher Kami Rita reached the acme of Mount Everest for the 31st clip Tuesday, breaking his ain grounds for the astir climbs to the apical of the world's highest mountain. Kami Rita, 55, guided a radical of clients to scope the acme successful the aboriginal morning, according to Mingma Sherpa of the Kathmandu-based Seven Summits Treks. He was successful bully wellness and descending from the acme with different climbers to the basal camp, helium said.
Before heading to the mountain, Kami Rita had told The Associated Press helium would effort to ascent to the apical for the 31st oregon adjacent perchance 32nd time. He made 2 palmy climbs past year.
He had attempted to ascent to the acme a fewer days agone but was forced to crook backmost owed to atrocious weather.
Hundreds of climbers person attempted to ascent Mount Everest from the Nepali broadside of the highest successful the southbound this season, which ends this weekend. Most climbing of Everest and adjacent Himalayan peaks is done successful April and May, erstwhile upwind conditions are astir favorable.
Nepali mountaineer Kami Rita Sherpa, who broke his ain grounds aft scaling Mount Everest for the 31st clip connected May 27, 2025, gestures to the assemblage upon his accomplishment astatine the Tribhuvan International airdrome successful Kathmandu, successful a May 24, 2024 record photograph taken aft helium reached the highest of the world's highest upland for a then-record 30th time.
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Kami Rita, 55, archetypal climbed Everest successful 1994 and has been making the travel astir each twelvemonth since. 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 29,032-foot upland each year.
Known arsenic "Everest Man," Kami Rita climbed the world's highest highest doubly successful the abstraction of conscionable 2 weeks past year, reaching the acme connected May 12 and past connected May 22, 2024, for the 29th and 30th times.
His begetter was among the archetypal Sherpa upland guides. In summation to Everest, Kami Rita has climbed different peaks that are among the world's highest, including K2, Cho Oyu, Manaslu and Lhotse.
His closest rival for the astir climbs of Mount Everest is chap Sherpa usher Pasang Dawa, who has made 29 palmy ascents of the mountain.
The fast-changing conditions connected Everest marque the ascent treacherous adjacent with the Sherpas' adept guidance, and two climbers died connected the mountain earlier this month. Indian climber Subrata Ghosh died conscionable beneath the acme portion helium was returning from the top, portion Philipp Santiago, from the Philippines, died connected his mode up aft reaching Camp 4, the highest campy connected the mountain.
Everest was archetypal climbed successful 1953 by New Zealander Edmund Hillary and Nepali Sherpa Tenzing Norgay.
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