Mountaineer breaks his own record with 31st climb of Mount Everest

Nepali mountaineer Kami Rita Sherpa. File pic/AFP

Nepali climber Kami Rita Sherpa, 55, dubbed ‘Everest Man', reached the peak of the world's highest mountain for a record 31st time on Tuesday, more than three decades after his first summit when he first stood on the top of Mount Everest in 1994 while working for a commercial expedition.

ar since, guidHe has climbed Everest almost every yeing clients. Sherpa said that he was "just working". "I am glad for the record, but records are eventually broken," he said after his 30th summit in May 2024.

15 days, 4 summits

Another Nepali climber, Tashi Gyalzen Sherpa, 29, returned to the capital Kathmandu on Tuesday after he made a record-breaking four summits of Everest in just 15 days, completing the last on May 23, according to 8K Expeditions. "I feel proud. It was a very difficult task but I made it a success," Gyalzen Sherpa said.