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Reuters
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By Gopal Sharma

Nepali sherpa with record Everest summits behind him says he'll keep climbing

Kami Rita Sherpa, 53, a Nepali mountaineer, waves towards the media personnel upon his arrival after climbing Mount Everest for the 28th time, creating a new record for the most summits of the world’s highest mountain, in Kathmandu, Nepal May 25, 2023. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar

A Nepali climber who scaled Mount Everest for a record 28th time this week, the most by any mountaineer, said on Thursday he had no immediate plans to hang up his climbing boots.

Kami Rita Sherpa, 53, who reached the 8,849-metre (29,032-foot) summit of the world's highest mountain on Tuesday, returned to the Nepali capital of Kathmandu to a hero’s welcome.

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