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Sky News
27-05-2025
- General
- Sky News
Mount Everest guide breaks own record with 31st summit
A veteran Sherpa guide has scaled Mount Everest for the 31st time, beating his own record. Kami Rita, who first climbed Everest in 1994, reached the summit of the world's highest mountain on Tuesday. The Nepali guided a group of clients and reached the summit in the early morning, according to Kathmandu-based Seven Summits Treks. Before embarking on the record-breaking climb, the 55-year-old told the Associated Press news agency he would possibly even climb to the top for the 32nd time, after he made two successful climbs last year. He is one of many Sherpa guides whose expertise and skills are vital to the safety and success of foreign climbers aspiring to stand on top of the mountain, which stands at 8,849m. In addition to Everest, he has climbed other peaks that are among the world's highest, including K2, Cho Oyu, Manaslu and Lhotse. Fellow Sherpa guide Pasang Dawa, who has made 29 successful ascents of Everest, is his closest challenger for the record. Most people who climb Everest and the nearby Himalayas do so in April and May, when the weather is more favourable. The mountain was first climbed in 1953 by New Zealander Edmund Hillary and Nepali Sherpa Tenzing Norgay.
BBC News
27-05-2025
- General
- BBC News
'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 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 has been a guide on the mountain for more than 20 years and first climbed the summit in 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.
ABC News
27-05-2025
- Sport
- ABC News
Sherpa scales Mount Everest for 31st time, beating non-Sherpa record by 12 climbs
Nepali Sherpa guide Kami Rita has scaled Mount Everest for a record 31st time, beating a non-Sherpa record set last week by 12 climbs. The 55-year-old reached the 8,849-metre peak — the highest in the world — by the traditional south-east ridge route while guiding a 22-member Indian army team, officials said. Pasang Phurba, the director of the trekking company where Kami Rita works, said the record-holder was currently descending to lower camps. Kami Rita, who uses only his first name, first climbed Everest in 1994 and has done so every year except for three years when authorities closed the mountain to climbers for various reasons. More than 8,000 people have climbed Mount Everest since it was first scaled by New Zealander Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay in 1953. Second to Kami Rita, Sherpa Pasang Dawa has ascended Everest 29 times. The non-Sherpa record is held by British guide Kenton Cool. He scaled Everest for the 19th time on May 18, breaking his own record for the most ascents of the world's highest mountain by a non-Sherpa guide. Mr Cool first climbed Mount Everest in 2004 and has been doing it almost every year since then. His non-Sherpa record is followed by American climbers Dave Hahn and Garrett Madison with 15 times each. One of the poorest countries in the world, Nepal is home to eight of the world's 14 highest peaks and is heavily reliant on climbing, trekking, and tourism for foreign exchange. Guiding foreign climbers to Everest and other peaks provides crucial family income to many Sherpas. Authorities have issued 468 permits to climbers for Everest this March-May climbing season, and more than 300 climbers and Sherpas have already scaled the peak, officials said. Two climbers are known to have died on the mountain this month and there have also been unconfirmed reports of other deaths. ABC/AFP
Times of Oman
27-05-2025
- Sport
- Times of Oman
'Everest Man' from Nepal claims record 31st summit
A 55-year-old man from Nepal known as the "Everest Man" climbed the summit of Mount Everest for the 31st time on Tuesday, breaking his own record of climbing the highest peak for the most number of times. The famed Sherpa guide, Kami Rita, was leading a climbing expedition for the Indian Army Adventure Wing Everest Expedition, organized by Seven Summit Treks. "Massive congratulations to the legendary Kami Rita Sherpa on his 31st successful ascent of Everest — the highest number of ascents by anyone in history," Seven Summit Treks said. Who is Kami Rita? "Kami Rita Sherpa needs no introduction. He is not just a national climbing hero, but a global symbol of Everest itself," the organizers said in a statement. Rita, born in the Solukhumbu region, which is the heartland of the Sherpa community, first climbed Everest in 1994 while he was working for a commercial expedition. Since then, he has climbed the 8,849-meter (29,032-foot) mountain almost every year while guiding clients. A year ago, when he climbed the peak for the 29th and 30th times, he said he was "just working" and did not plan on setting records. "I am glad for the record, but records are eventually broken," he told AFP news agency in May 2024. "I am more happy that my climbs help Nepal be recognized in the world." After Rita, fellow Sherpa guide Pasang Dawa holds the record for the most climbs of Mount Everest. Dawa has made 29 successful ascents of the mountain.
Yahoo
27-05-2025
- Yahoo
Nepal's 'Everest Man' sets record with 31st summit
Nepali sherpa Kami Rita, also known as "Everest Man", has scaled Mount Everest for the 31st time, breaking his own record for the most climbs up the world's tallest peak. The 55-year-old, who was guiding a group of Indian army officials up the mountain, reached its 8,894m summit at 04:00 local time on Tuesday (23:15 GMT Monday). "Kami Rita Sherpa needs no introduction. He is not just a national climbing hero, but a global symbol of Everest itself," expedition organiser Seven Summit Treks said in a statement. Kami Rita first summited Everest in 1994 guiding a commercial expedition and has made the peak almost ever year since. He scaled it twice some years, like in 2023 and 2024. His closest competitor for the Everest record is fellow Nepali sherpa Pasang Dawa, who scaled the peak 29 times - the latest attempt made last week. Kami Rita has previously told media how his climbs are just work. "I am glad for the record, but records are eventually broken," he told AFP in May last year. "I am more happy that my climbs help Nepal be recognised in the world." Earlier this month, Kami Rita posted snippets of life on Everest, including one of the Puja ceremony, a Tibetan Buddhist ritual done before Everest expeditions to pray for a safe and successful climb. Kami Rita's feat comes one week after British mountaineer Kenton Cool summited Everest for the 19th time, also breaking his own record for the most climbs for a non-sherpa. More than 500 people and their guides have climbed Everest successfully this climbing season, which is coming to an end. Nepal issued more than 1,000 climbing permits this season - including for Everest and other peaks - according to its tourism department. The number of Everest summit attempts has soared in recent years. However this has led to concerns around overcrowding and environmental impact. Last year, authorities introduced a rule requiring climbers to clear up their own poo and bring it back to base camp to be disposed of. Everest's highest glacier melting fast, study says Deadly Everest season puts focus on record permits
