KATHMANDU: A Nepali sherpa has scaled Mount Everest for a record 26th time, breaking his own previous record set last year, a government official says.
Kami Rita Sherpa, 52, scaled the 8,849-metre mountain on Saturday along the traditional south-east ridge route leading 10 other Sherpa climbers.
“Kami Rita has broken his own record and established a new world record in climbing,” Taranath Adhikari, director general of the Department of Tourism in the capital of Kathmandu, said on Sunday.
Kami Rita’s wife, who gave her name as Jangmu, said she was happy at her husband’s achievement.