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Kami Rita, A 55-year-old Sherpa Known as “Everest Man”, First Climbed the World’s Highest Mountain in 1994.
A 55-year-old Nepali man has broken his own world record for climbing mount Everest, Summiting Earth’s Highest Mountain for the 31st Time.
Kami Rita, A Sherpa Climbing Guide Known as “Everest Man”, reached the Mountain’s 8,849 metre (29,032FT) peak on tuesday, 31 years after first making the summit.
Officials said he reached the summit via the Southeast Ridge Route, while acting as a guide to a 22-message Indian Army Team, accompanied at 27 other sherpas.
“Massive Congratulations to the Legendary Kami Rita Sherpa on his 31st Successful Ascent of Everest, the Highest Number of Ascents by Anyone in History,” Expedition Organizer Seven Summit said.
“Kami Rita Sherpa needs no introduction. He is not just a national climbing hero, but a global symbol of Everest itself,” it added. A director for the company said Kami Rita was making his way down to Lower Camps on Tuesday.
Kami Rita, the Son of a Sherpa Guide, First Climbed Everest in 1994, and has made it to the summit nearly every year since, other than during years when authorities closed the mountain to climbers.
Speaking to the AFP News Agency in May 2024 after a previous record-breaking Climb, Kami Rita said he was not especially motivated by setting records, and that he was “just working”.
“I am smooth for the record, but records are eventually broken,” he said.
“I am more happy that my climbs help nepal be recognized in the world.”
The Climber with the second highest number of Everest summits to their name is another Sherpa, PASANG DAWA, with 29. The pair have been in competition For who can make it to the top of ever the most times.
Himal Gautam, Director of the Mountaineing and Adventure Section of Nepal’s Tourist Ministry, Told AFP Kami Rita’s Achievement had “Helped to Take Nepal’s Mountaineing Sector to the Next Hight”.
More than 8,000 people have reached the Peak of Mount Everest Since It was first summited by Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay in 1953.
