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Articles tagged with #Kami Rita Sherpa
On Mt Everest’s 70th, records and fatalities
Peak season on the world’s highest peak is drawing to a close, 70 years after the first ascent
“Without Sherpas, there is no mountaineering”
Kami Rita Sherpa scaled Mt Everest for the 27th time last week, but says younger Sherpas no longer want to be guides
“If the ice is gone, we are done”
Climate change has been melting the ice even high on Mt Everest, exposing rock and making it more difficult to climb. Photo: DAMIEN FRANÇOIS /…
“I can do it 25 times”
Pic: Gopen RaiKami Rita Sherpa (pictured above) broke the previous record by climbing Mt Everest for the 22nd time this week.“The country needs…
New records, oxygen failure on Everest
It is that time of the year again when all eyes are on top of the world, with mountaineers and Sherpa guides making their final push to the…