{"id":6711,"date":"2026-05-17T12:38:37","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T12:38:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2026\/05\/17\/two-nepali-sherpa-climbers-break-own-records-on-mount-everest\/"},"modified":"2026-05-17T12:38:37","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T12:38:37","slug":"two-nepali-sherpa-climbers-break-own-records-on-mount-everest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2026\/05\/17\/two-nepali-sherpa-climbers-break-own-records-on-mount-everest\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Nepali Sherpa climbers break own records on Mount Everest"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><em>Kami Rita Sherpa breaks his own record with a 32nd climb while Lhakpa Sherpa breaks her own women\u2019s record with an 11th summit of Mount Everest.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>Two renowned Nepali guides have scaled <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/tag\/mount-everest\/\">Mount Everest<\/a> with one called the \u201cEverest Man\u201d breaking his own record <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/5\/27\/nepali-breaks-world-record-with-31st-summit-of-mount-everest\">set last year<\/a> with a 32nd climb and the other, known as the \u201cMountain Queen\u201d, breaking her own women\u2019s record with an 11th summit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is another milestone in Nepal\u2019s mountaineering history,\u201d Himal Gautam, spokesperson for Nepal\u2019s Tourism Department, told the AFP news agency on Sunday.<\/p>\n<section>\n<h2>Recommended Stories <\/h2>\n<p><span>list of 3 items<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span>list 1 of 3<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/10\/8\/hundreds-of-everest-hikers-reach-safety-after-snowstorm-in-tibetan-valley\">Hundreds of Everest hikers reach safety after snowstorm in Tibetan valley<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 2 of 3<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/9\/25\/in-a-first-polish-climber-skis-down-everest-without-supplemental-oxygen\">In a first, Polish climber skis down Everest without supplemental oxygen<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 3 of 3<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/5\/27\/nepali-breaks-world-record-with-31st-summit-of-mount-everest\">\u2018Everest Man\u2019 breaks own record for climbing world\u2019s highest mountain<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span>end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>Kami Rita Sherpa, 56, first stood on top of the world\u2019s highest mountain in 1994 while working for a commercial expedition. Since then, he has continued to guide clients climbing Mount Everest almost every year, reaching the summit twice in some years.<\/p>\n<p>Lhakpa Sherpa, 52, first stood on top of Everest in 2000, becoming the first Nepali woman to successfully summit and descend the Himalayan peak.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTheir record gives greater excitement to other climbers,\u201d Gautam said. \u201cBy breaking records through healthy competition on Everest will help make climbing safer, more dignified and better managed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In 2024, after another ascent of the 8,849-metre (29,032ft) peak, Kami Rita said he was \u201cjust working\u201d and did not plan on setting records.<\/p>\n<p>Kami Rita was born in the same Thame village in Solukhumbu district as Tenzing Norgay, who with Edmund Hillary was the first to climb Everest in 1953.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, a climbing boom has made mountaineering a lucrative business.<\/p>\n<p>Nepal has issued a record 492 Everest permits this year for the March-May climbing season. More than 8,000 people have climbed the mountain since Hillary and Norgay\u2019s expedition, many of them several times.<\/p>\n<p>Among non-Sherpa climbers, the record is held by British guide Kenton Cool, who has accomplished the feat 19 times, followed by American climbers Dave Hahn and Garrett Madison with 15 climbs each. Cool and Madison are currently on Everest to improve their records.<\/p>\n<p>The high numbers of climbers along with their Sherpa guides who are expected to head for the summit in the next few days have rekindled concerns about overcrowding on the mountain, especially if poor weather shortens the climbing window.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kami Rita Sherpa breaks his own record with a 32nd climb while Lhakpa Sherpa breaks her own women\u2019s record with an 11th summit of Mount Everest. 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