Kami Rita Sherpa scales Mt Everest 23 times
Kami Rita Sherpa scales Mt Everest 23 times
Published: 08:32 am May 15, 2019
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KATHMANDU: A 49-year-old Sherpa climber stood atop the world’s highest mountain for the 23rd time today becoming the only mountaineer in the world to hold the record for most summits on Mt Everest. According to Mingma Sherpa, Company Chairman at Seven Summit Treks, Kami Rita Sherpa from Thame village of Solukhumbu district successfully climbed Mt Everest at around 7:50 am from Nepal side breaking his own record for most summits on the roof of the world. Last year, Sherpa climbed Mt Everest for the 22nd time.
Kami Rita’s climbing record
Mountain
Summit Date
Summit Route
01. Mt Everest (8,848m) 13/05/1994S-Col SE Ridge
02. Mt Everest 25/05/1997S-Col SE Ridge
03. Mt Everest 25/05/1998S-Col SE Ridge
04. Mt Everest 13/05/1999S-Col SE Ridge
05. Mt Everest 23/05/2000S-Col SE Ridge
06. Mt Everest 25/05/2002S-Col SE Ridge
07. Mt Everest 30/05/2003S-Col SE Ridge
08. Mt Everest 24/05/2004S-Col SE Ridge
09. Mt Everest 30/05/2005S-Col SE Ridge
10. Mt Everest 20/05/2006S-Col SE Ridge
11. Mt Everest 22/05/2007S-Col SE Ridge
12. Mt Everest 24/05/2008S-Col SE Ridge
13. Mt Everest 05/05/2009S-Col SE Ridge
14. Mt Everest 23/05/2009S-Col SE Ridge
15. Mt Everest 05/05/2010S-Col SE Ridge
16. Mt Everest 24/05/2010S-Col SE Ridge
17. Mt Everest 18/05/2012S-Col SE Ridge
18. Mt Everest 22/05/2013S-Col SE Ridge
19. Mt Everest 10/05/2013S-Col SE Ridge
20. Mt Everest 20/05/2016N-Col NE Ridge
21. Mt Everest 27/05/2017S-Col SE Ridge
22. Mt Cho Oyu (8,188m) 08/10/2001NW side
23. Mt Cho Oyu 21/09/2004NW side
24. Mt Cho Oyu 2/10/2006NW side
25. Mt Cho Oyu 30/09/2009NW side
26. Mt Cho Oyu 4/10/2011NW side
27. Mt Cho Oyu 26/09/2013NW side
28. Mt Cho Oyu 29/09/2014NW side
29. Mt Cho Oyu 30/09/2016NW side
30. Mt Lhotse (8,516m) 20/05/2011West Face
31. Mt K (2 8,611m) 27/07/2014Abruzzi Ridge
32. Mt Manaslu (8,163m) 26/09/2017NE Face
33. Mt Everest 16/05/2018S-Col SE Ridge
34. Mt Everest 15/05/2019S-Col SE Ridge
Source: SST “Kami Rita along with Nima Wangdi Sherpa from the Seven Summit Treks expedition has scripted history on the roof of the world,” Sherpa told THT. According to the base camp officials, Kami Rita started his summit push from Camp IV on Tuesday night and reached the summit point on Wednesday morning. Kami Rita has already climbed most of the peaks above 8,000 m including K2, Cho-oyu, Lhoste and Annapurna among others. “The climbers have now been descending to the lower camps safely.”