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)

13/05/1994

S-Col SE Ridge

02. Mt Everest

25/05/1997

S-Col SE Ridge

03. Mt Everest

25/05/1998

S-Col SE Ridge

04. Mt Everest

13/05/1999

S-Col SE Ridge

05. Mt Everest

23/05/2000

S-Col SE Ridge

06. Mt Everest

25/05/2002

S-Col SE Ridge

07. Mt Everest

30/05/2003

S-Col SE Ridge

08. Mt Everest

24/05/2004

S-Col SE Ridge

09. Mt Everest

30/05/2005

S-Col SE Ridge

10. Mt Everest

20/05/2006

S-Col SE Ridge

11. Mt Everest

22/05/2007

S-Col SE Ridge

12. Mt Everest

24/05/2008

S-Col SE Ridge

13. Mt Everest

05/05/2009

S-Col SE Ridge

14. Mt Everest

23/05/2009

S-Col SE Ridge

15. Mt Everest

05/05/2010

S-Col SE Ridge

16. Mt Everest

24/05/2010

S-Col SE Ridge

17. Mt Everest

18/05/2012

S-Col SE Ridge

18. Mt Everest

22/05/2013

S-Col SE Ridge

19. Mt Everest

10/05/2013

S-Col SE Ridge

20. Mt Everest

20/05/2016

N-Col NE Ridge

21. Mt Everest

27/05/2017

S-Col SE Ridge

22. Mt Cho Oyu (8,188m)

08/10/2001

NW side

23. Mt Cho Oyu

21/09/2004

NW side

24. Mt Cho Oyu

2/10/2006

NW side

25. Mt Cho Oyu

30/09/2009

NW side

26. Mt Cho Oyu

4/10/2011

NW side

27. Mt Cho Oyu

26/09/2013

NW side

28. Mt Cho Oyu

29/09/2014

NW side

29. Mt Cho Oyu

30/09/2016

NW side

30. Mt Lhotse (8,516m)

20/05/2011

West Face

31. Mt K (2 8,611m)

27/07/2014

Abruzzi Ridge

32. Mt Manaslu (8,163m)

26/09/2017

NE Face

33. Mt Everest

16/05/2018

S-Col SE Ridge

34. Mt Everest

15/05/2019

S-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.”