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Nepalese Sherpa Becomes World’s Second Person To Scale Mount Everest 26 Times

On Sunday, a Nepali sherpa guide climbed Mount Everest for the 26th time, becoming only the world’s second person to do it.

A government tourism official, Bigyan Koirala said, “Pasang Dawa Sherpa, 46, shared the record number of summits with Kami Rita Sherpa”.

Kami Rita, who is currently climbing Everest, could establish another record if he makes it to the summit.

According to an official of his organization, Imagine Nepal Treks, Pasang Dawa reached the summit with a Hungarian client.

An official, Dawa Futi Sherpa said, “They are descending from the top now and are in good shape”.

Sherpas are famed for their climbing abilities and make a living mostly by guiding foreign clientele in the mountains.

According to Dawa Futi, Naila Kiani, a Pakistani woman, who also ascended the peak on Sunday, was the first foreign climber to summit Everest in this year’s climbing season, which runs from March to May.

This could not be independently confirmed because numerous international climbers are presently on their way to the summit, just a day after the ropes to the summit were installed.

Kiani, a 37-year-old banker working in Dubai, had already climbed four of the world’s 14 highest mountains before Everest.

This year, Nepal has issued a record of 467 permits to international climbers attempting to reach Everest’s summit.

Each climber is normally accompanied by at least one sherpa guide, raising concerns that the Hillary Step, a tight portion below the summit, will become overcrowded.

According to a Himalayan database and Nepali officials, Everest has been climbed more than 11,000 times since it was first ascended by Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay in 1953, with over 320 people dying in the process.

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Spriha Rai

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