Nepal sherpa scales Everest for record 30th time; two climbers go missing

By Gopal Sharma
May 22, 2024 4:17 AM EDT Updated 2 hours ago



Kami Rita Sherpa, 53, a Nepali Mountaineer who climbed Mount Everest for a record 28 times, goes through the Guinness World Records 2021 book to show his pictures on them after an interview with Reuters at his rented apartment in Kathmandu, Nepal May 28, 2023. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar/ File Photo

KATHMANDU, May 22 (Reuters) - A Nepali sherpa guide scaled the summit of Mount Everest for a record 30th time on Wednesday, an official said, while two climbers went missing while descending from the world's tallest peak.

Ordinary climbers are known to take several days to climb the summit of Everest, and it is very rare for mountaineers to make multiple ascents in a short time.

Kami Rita Sherpa, 54, reached the 8,849-metre (29,032 foot) peak by the traditional southeast ridge route, Nepali tourism official Khim Lal Gautam said.

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Nepal tourism officials said a British climber and a Nepali guide have been missing since Tuesday, after they slipped and fell near the South Summit in the mountain's "death zone" where oxygen is very sparse.

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