Highlights:
• Kami Rita Sherpa set a new world record
• Kami Rita holds record with 38 climbs
• Went to the top of Everest to fix the rope
Nepal’s climber Kami Rita Sherpa of age 52, climbed the Mt Everest, the tallest peak in the world, for the 26th time,to set a new world record.
Went to the top of Everest to fix the rope
After climbing Everest, the rope fixing team led by Kami Rita is successfully came down from the top to the base camp. As the Everest climbing season is approaching fast and hundreds of climbers are waiting for fair weather to reach the top, Kami Rita and his team went to the top of Everest to fix the rope so that the Everest expedition becomes easier for the other climbers.
Kami Rita holds record with 38 climbs
Kami Rita was born in 1970 in Solukhumbu district, he started breaking world records one after another after 2018. He first climbed the Everest in May 1994. Kami Rita has climbed most of the peaks of mountains above 8,000 metres in the world, including K2, the second highest peak in the world, and Annapurna. He holds the record for ‘Most climbs over 8,000 metres’, with 38 climbs.
About Kami Rita’s family
Kami Rita’s father was among the first professional Sherpa guides after Everest was opened for foreign mountaineers in 1950. His brother, also a guide, scaled Everest 17 times.
After climbing Everest for the 25th time i.e last year, he told the media that he planned to scale the peak one more time before retirement, saying: “Not just for myself, but for my family, the Sherpa people and for my country, Nepal.”
According to the Department of Tourism, nearly 316 people have applied to scale Everest in this season. With this, Nepal has collected $3.25 million royalties from Everest alone.
