Kami Rita Sherpa in a green winter jacket and a cap, gives the thumbs-up sign while standing in a car.

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Two Nepali Sherpa climbers break own records on Mount Everest

Updated 3 days ago
Al Jazeera
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Kami Rita Sherpa sets new record with 32nd summit as Lhakpa Sherpa breaks her own women's record with 11th summit. This cluster currently includes 2 articles from 2 sources.

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This cluster currently includes 2 articles from 2 sources. Sources in this event include BBC News, Al Jazeera.

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Two Nepali Sherpa climbers break own records on Mount Everest
Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
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5/17/2026

Two Nepali Sherpa climbers break own records on Mount Everest

Two renowned Nepali guides have scaled Mount Everest with one called the “Everest Man” breaking his own record set last year with a 32nd climb and the other, known as the “Mountain Queen”, breaking her own women’s record with an 11th summit. “This is another milestone in Nepal’s mountaineering history,” Himal Gautam.

Kami Rita Sherpa in a green winter jacket and a cap, gives the thumbs-up sign while standing in a car.
BBC News
BBC News
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5/18/2026

'Everest Man' and 'Mountain Queen' break own records scaling world's tallest peak

A renowned Nepali mountain guide has broken his own world record for the most summits of Mount Everest, after scaling the world's tallest peak for the 32nd time. Kami Rita Sherpa, 56, known as the "Everest Man", was leading clients up the 8,849m (29,032ft) peak on Sunday when he set the new record. On the same day.