Nepal’s legendary mountaineer Kami Rita Sherpa made history by breaking his record for the highest number of ascents of Mt. Everest (28) as he scaled the world’s highest peak for the 29th time on Sunday.
According to Rakesh Gurung, Director at the Tourism Department in the Nepalese Ministry of Tourism and Civil Aviation, the 54-year-old veteran climber reached the 8,849-metre peak at 7.25 a.m. local time.
The expedition was organised by the Seven Summit Treks and had 20 climbers.
They scaled Everest on the Sunday morning, said Thani Guragain, a senior staff at the Seven Summit Treks.
Kami Rita Sherpa, a native of Thame village in Solukhumbu, Nepal, works as Senior Guide at Seven Summit Treks.
Born on January 17, 1970, he developed a deep passion for climbing from a young age and has been scaling mountains for over two decades.