A Nepalese Sherpa climbed Mount Everest for the 25th time, breaking the world record that belonged to him, participating in a mountaineering mission, the first to reach the top of the world in over a year.
Everest has been closed to climbers since March 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The last successful mission, until today, dates back to 2019.
Kami Rita Sherpa, 51, climbed to the top, at 8,848.86 meters, following the “traditional” southeast route along with eleven other Sherpas, said Mira Asaria from the base camp, as broadcast by APE-MPE.
This route was followed in 1953 by New Zealand Sir Edmund Hillary and Nepalese Sherpa Tenzing Norgay and remains very popular to this day.
Kami, who has been a professional mountain guide since he was 20, broke the record of 24 climbs, which he had done in 2019. He had then stated that he would retire after the 25th ascent. Today, he was not immediately available to comment on this feat, however is scheduled to climb to the top at least one more time, as the leader of a group of the Bahraini royal family.
Two other Sherpas have 21 ascents each, according to Ang Cheering Sherpa, the former head of the Nepal Mountaineering Association.
This year, Nepal has issued a record number of licenses, a total of 408, to teams attempting to climb Mount Everest. Climbers should be tested for the new coronavirus before heading to the top.
Today, Nepal also announced another, sad record: it recorded 9,023 new cases of Covid-19 in 24 hours. In all, 3,579 deaths have occurred since the beginning of the pandemic.
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