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‘Everest Man’: Nepalese Sherpa climbs summit for record 27th time

Nepalese mountaineer Kami Rita Sherpa waves upon his arrival after climbing Mount Everest for the 24th time in 2019 [File: Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters]

Nepalese climber Kami Rita Sherpa has reached the top of Mount Everest for the 27th time, reclaiming the record for the most summits of the world’s highest mountain, a government official and his hiking company said.

Kami Rita, 53, scaled the 8,849-metre (29,032-foot) mountain early in the morning on Wednesday, along the traditional southeast ridge route, guiding a Vietnamese climber.

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