One of many best mountain guides mentioned Thursday he’s not able to retire after climbing Mount Everest for a report twenty eighth time.
Nepalese Sherpa Kami Rita reached the 29,032-foot summit of the world’s highest mountain on Tuesday, beating his personal report lower than per week after setting it.
“I’ll proceed to climb so long as my physique permits,” the 53-year-old information informed reporters after arriving from the mountain at Kathmandu’s airport, the place he was given a hero’s welcome by supporters and relations.
CLIMBER REACHES TOP OF MOUNT EVEREST AGAIN AFTER BREAKING RECORD OF MOST ASCENTS LAST WEEK
He mentioned his objective is to not compete for any data however to assist his overseas purchasers scale the mountain.
This 12 months’s climbing season is sort of over, and his subsequent climb must wait till subsequent spring.
Veteran Sherpa information Kami Rita arrives on the airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, on Might 25, 2023. The 53-year-old information scaled Mount Everest for the twenty eighth time Tuesday. (AP Picture/Niranjan Shrestha)
Kami Rita reached the summit a day after fellow Sherpa information Pasang Dawa matched his earlier report of 27 climbs.
A race for the title started with Pasang Dawa climbing the height for a twenty sixth time on Might 14, equaling Kami Rita’s earlier report. Kami Rita reached the height three days later for the twenty seventh time.
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Kami Rita first climbed Everest in 1994 and has performed so almost yearly since then. He’s one in all many Sherpa guides whose experience and expertise are very important to the protection and success of overseas climbers who search to succeed in the highest of the mountain. His father was among the many first Sherpa guides.
Kami Rita has scaled a number of of the world’s highest peaks along with Everest, together with K2, Cho Oyu, Manaslu and Lhotse.
1000’s of individuals have climbed Mount Everest because it was first conquered by New Zealander Edmund Hillary and Sherpa information Tenzing Norgay in 1953. This 12 months is the seventieth anniversary of the primary climb.