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Nepali mountaineer scales Everest for record 26th time
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- 09 May, 2022
- 05:36
A Nepali sherpa has scaled Mount Everest for a record 26th time, breaking his own previous record set last year, a government official says, Report informs, referring to The Guardian.
Kami Rita Sherpa, 52, scaled the 8,849-metre mountain 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.
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.
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