Nepal Man Breaks Personal Report for Climbing Mt. Everest

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Final Saturday a mountain climber from Nepal set a brand new world file for climbing Mount Everest probably the most instances. Kami Rita, who’s 52, has now climbed Mount Everest 26 instances.

Mount Everest is the world’s highest mountain. The summit of the mountain is about 29,000 toes (8,800 meters) excessive. Many individuals attempt to climb it, but it surely’s very difficult.

The mountain is so excessive that the air is skinny. This makes it onerous to breathe and stay lively. The ice and snow on the mountain, together with chilly temperatures and robust winds, make the climb tough and harmful. Over 300 folks have died attempting to climb Mount Everest.

The primary folks to achieve the highest of Mount Everest have been Edmund Hillary of New Zealand and Tenzing Norgay of Nepal. They reached the summit in 1953. Since then, Mount Everest has been climbed 10,657 instances. Most international climbers have adopted the sample of relying on the assistance of climbing guides from Nepal.

Lots of the most gifted guides, like Kami Rita and Tenzing Norgay, are from a bunch of individuals referred to as Sherpas. The Sherpas reside within the Himalayan mountains. They’ve the information and the talents wanted to assist international climbers grow to be profitable of their efforts.

Above, Kami Rita on the Mount Everest base camp after setting a brand new file final 12 months. Simply final Saturday, he broke final 12 months’s file whereas main a bunch of 10 Sherpa climbers. The workforce reached the summit and returned safely to their camp on the base of the mountain.

Kami Rita set the brand new file on Might 7, main a bunch of 10 Sherpa climbers. The workforce reached the summit safely, and returned to their camp on the base of the mountain by 7 o’clock within the night.

Kami Rita comes from a mountaineering household. His father was one of many first Sherpas to assist international climbers go up Mount Everest within the Nineteen Fifties. Kami Rita’s brother has climbed Mount Everest 17 instances. When he was 12 years previous, Kami Rita started serving to carry masses to a camp on the base of Mount Everest.

Kami Rita has been climbing mountains for over 35 years. He climbed Mount Everest for the primary time in 1994. Since then, he has climbed the mountain virtually yearly. In every of the final 4 climbs he has made, he has set a brand new world file – by breaking his previous file.

In 2019, Kami Rita broke his personal file twice in lower than every week. He climbed Mount Everest for the twenty third time on Might 15. Simply six days later, he climbed it for the twenty fourth time. Might is taken into account one of the best time for climbing Everest, since that’s when the climate is one of the best.

Every of Kami Rita’s final 4 climbs has set a brand new world file by breaking his previous file. In 2019, he broke his file twice by climbing Mount Everest two instances in lower than every week (which can also be a file). Above, Kami Rita in 2021 in entrance of awards for a few of his data.

Although Kami Rita is an skilled on Mount Everest, he’s additionally climbed many different excessive mountains within the Himalayas. He holds the world file for climbing probably the most mountains taller than 8,000 meters (26,247 toes, or about 5 miles excessive). In all, he’s climbed 38 mountains taller than 8,000 meters.

It’s not clear how lengthy Kami Rita will proceed to set climbing data. He has mentioned that he might most likely proceed to climb till he’s sixty. He as soon as mentioned he would retire after climbing Mount Everest 25 instances. Clearly, he modified his thoughts.

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Kami Rita says he and his household grew to become guides as a result of they didn’t have cash or an training. However he doesn’t need his personal youngsters to grow to be climbing guides. He’s joyful that they will go to high school and gained’t should be uncovered to the dangers and risks of mountaineering.