'Everest Man' beats own record for most climbs up Mount Everest
For most people climbing Mount Everest is a once in a lifetime experience but not for this guy. Kami Rita is a sherpa from Nepal - someone who guides people up to the summit - and has reached the top of the famous mountain not once, not twice but 31 times! He's broken his own record yet again for the most climbs up the world's tallest peak while guiding a group of Indian army officials up the mountain.They reached the 8,849m summit at 04:00 local time on Tuesday 27 May 2025.
Kami Rita is a Nepali sherpa. Sherpa is the name of a local ethnic group of people who live in the mountains of Nepal, in central Asia, and sherpa is also used to describe someone who is a mountain guide working in the Everest area.He has been a guide on the mountain for more than 20 years and first climbed the summit in 1994.Hot on his heels for the record is fellow Nepali sherpa Pasang Dawa who has scaled the peak 29 times. His record-breaking climb comes just a week after British climber Kenton Cool broke the record for most climbs of Mount Everest for a non-sherpa - reaching the summit for the 19th time. Fun fact: Kenton's 18th climb was guided by the Everest Man himself.
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