For his latest trek, he used a route pioneered by New Zealander Sir Edmund Hillary and Nepalese Sherpa Tenzing Norgay in 1953. He has summited from the Nepal side 22 times and once from the Tibet side. Rita has made climbing Mount Everest an annual trip since first reaching its summit in 1994. Kami Rita, who works for Nepal-based Seven Summits Treks as a senior guide, made his first Everest summit on May 13, 1994. Rita, whose father was among the first Sherpa guides, has also scaled some of the world’s other highest peaks, including K-2, Cho-Oyu, Manaslu and Lhotse.

But he does not listen to me at all,' she told The Independent in 2018 when her husband was set to attempt his 22nd Everest summit. nepalese mountaineer kami rita sherpa has scaled mount everest for 26th time breaking his own world record of 25 ascents set last year the 52yearold had. “I keep telling him we could look for other jobs, start a small business. Kami Rita’s wife Lakpa Jangmu expressed happiness over the experienced climber’s remarkable feat, although in earlier interviews has expressed wishes that her husband would quit his dangerous job as a guide. Nepal’s Department of Tourism Director General Taranath Adhikari declared: “Kami Rita has broken his own record and established a new world record in climbing.” The group attached ropes along the route to help other climbers and guides who are set to climb the mountain in a few weeks.Īfter the trek, the group returned without a hitch to lower camps, according to Mingma Sherpa of the mountaineering company Seven Summit Treks. At night, climbers are vulnerable to risks of deteriorating weather that could cause them to lose their way back down.

The expedition, composed of Rita and 10 other guides, reached the summit at around 7 p.m., which is considered late by Everest climbing standards. Their skills and expertise have become essential to the safety of foreign climbers who want to reach the top of Everest. The term is also used to refer to the trek guides themselves. Sherpas are an ethnic group in Nepal who live at high altitudes. On Saturday, the veteran Sherpa guide safely scaled the 29,032-foot summit while leading a group of Sherpa climbers. Nepalese mountaineer Kami Rita, 52, broke his own record for the most climbs to the top of Mount Everest after successfully reaching the summit of the world’s tallest mountain for the 26th time.

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