“Professional mountain guide and high-altitude climber also broke her own record of most summits made by an American woman after she stood atop the mountain for the sixth time,” he said, adding that Arnot was now descending safely to lower camps.

She has held the most summits record by an American woman since 2013.

Arnot had abandoned her attempt to summit Mt Everest without supplemental oxygen from Nepal side last year following the devastating earthquake that struck the country killing near 9,000 people.

She is also associated with The Juniper Fund to support the Nepal earthquake victims.

According to reports, the photojournalist was a part of an expedition team handled by Alpenglow Expeditions.

Richards along with the team leader Adrian Ballinger had also appeared live on Snapchat and Instagram while being on the mountain, reports added.

Big thanks to everyone who has been following EverestNoFilter on Snapchat. @alpenglowexp and I hear and feel the support. You kick ass!!!!

— Cory Richards (@coryrichardsNG) May 21, 2016