Nepalese Sherpa scales Everest for record 21 times

A 47-year-old Nepalese Sherpa on Saturday scripted history by becoming the third climber to scale Mount Everest for a record 21 times.

Kami Rita Sherpa stood atop the 8,848 metre peak, the world’s highest, at 8:15 am.

Jiban Ghimire, Managing Director at Shangri-La Nepal Trek, said that Kami Rita climbed the peak as



part of the Alpine Ascents Everest Expedition.

He became one of the three climbers in the world to hold the record for most of the summits on Mt Everest, Ang Tshering Sherpa, president of Nepal Mountaineering Association, said.

Earlier, Apa Sherpa and Phurba Tashi Sherpa have scaled the highest peak 21 times.