The Himalayan nation has faced criticism for allowing overcrowding, which is considered to have been a factor in several climber deaths on the mountains in 2019.Ĭlimbing expeditions contribute hundreds of millions of dollars to the Nepalese economy each year. Last year saw a record number of 408 permits issued. Alpinismo Kami Rita Sherpa, el alpinista que rompe todos los récords en el Everest Tras su cumbre de hace unas horas, la primera de esta temporada, se convierte en el hombre que más veces ha pisado. Kami Rita led the ascent, following the traditional south-east ridge, with 10 fellow Sherpas who, on the debut climb of each season, set up and fix guide ropes. This year Nepal has issued 316 permits to climb Everest in the peak season, which runs through May, as the month offers the best weather conditions. Everest, according to the Himalayan database. Busy mountainĪltogether, 311 people have lost their lives in the attempt to climb Mt. Kami Rita Sherpa, leading 11 other Sherpas, had undertaken the mission of fixing. KATHMANDU: A 52-year-old Nepali Sherpa climbed the world's highest peak, Mt Everest, for the 25th time on Friday, breaking his own record for summiting the mountain most number of times. Rita has scaled several other of the world's highest mountains, including K-2, Cho-Oyu, Manaslu and Lhotse. Kami Rita Sherpa had climbed Mt Everest for the 24th time in 2019. He took the southeast ridge route used by Sherpa Tenzing Norgay and New Zealander Sir Edmund Hillary for the first-ever scaling of the summit in 1953. He led a 10-strong group of other Sherpa guides on his recent climb of the peak. Kami Rita and 11 other Sherpa guides reached the summit at about 6 p.m., Department of Tourism official Mira Acharya said. He has summited four other 8,000-meter peaksK2, Lhotse, Manaslu, and Cho Oyufor a. KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) A Sherpa guide scaled Mount Everest for the 25th time on Friday, breaking his own record for the most ascents of the world’s highest peak. Rita works as one of the many highly skilled Sherpa guides who assist foreign climbers who come to Nepal wanting to reach the top of the mountain, a feat that has been achieved 10,657 times. Kami Rita, 52, is from the Himalayan village of Thame and first summited Everest in 1994 at 24 years old.
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In 2019, he said he wanted to make 25 ascents of Everest before retiring from high mountain climbing. Since then, he has climbed the mountain nearly every year, already setting several world records for the highest number of ascents.