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Scaling dizzying heights
Updated On: 26 February, 2013 01:51 AM IST | | Agencies
Chhurim Sherpa, a Nepalese climber was confirmed as the first woman to scale Mount Everest twice in a single season, Guinness World Records said, after she made the second summit within days of the first.
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The 29-year-old reached the 8,848-metre peak on May 12 last year before returning to base camp for a well-earned rest and then repeating the stunning feat a mere week later.
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