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High in the Himalayas is a group of people, the Sherpa, that doesn't seem to be adversely affected by the extreme altitude, ...
Kami Rita has been scaling the world's tallest mountain since 1994. He reaches the summit nearly every year—and sometimes ...
Famed Sherpa guide Kami Rita broke his own record for the most climbs to the top of the world’s highest mountain.
Sherpa guide Kami Rita Sherpa broke a record he set for most summits of Mount Everest by completing his 31st climb on Tuesday ...
A new proposal from Nepal aims to tighten requirements and improve climber safety on the world's tallest peak, but such ...
Nearly 500 people from 57 different countries have attempted to scale the world’s tallest peak over the past month alone, ...
Nepali Sherpa guide Kami Rita has scaled Mount Everest for a record 31st time, beating a non-Sherpa record set last week by ...
Nepal’s mountaineering community has celebrated the 72nd anniversary of the conquest of the world’s highest peak.
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. After Kami Rita, another Sherpa, Pasang Dawa ...
A group of British men went from London to the summit of Everest and back in less than a week with the help of xenon gas.
Famed Sherpa guide Kami Rita reached the summit of Mount Everest for the 31st time Tuesday, breaking his own record for the ...