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British climber Kenton Cool reached the top of Mount Everest for the 20th time on Friday, extending his own record for the most ascents of the world’s highest peak by a non-Nepali.

More than 600 climbers have reached the peak since the spring season summits kicked off this month, taking advantage of a brief spell of good weather and typically calmer winds.

“It was reported that he summited Mt Everest today early morning,” Khim Lal Gautam, a government official at the base camp, told AFP.

Mountain guide Cool, 52, first climbed Everest in 2004 and has since had an expedition almost every year, taking clients up the 8,849-metre (29,032-foot) peak.

His 15th summit in 2021 tied him with American Dave Hahn for the most ascents by a non-Nepali climber, and his effort the following year gave him a solo title.

Cool was once told he would not be able to walk unaided again after a rock-climbing accident in 1996 that broke both his heel bones.

He told AFP in a 2022 interview after his 16th ascent that his Everest record was “not that amazing” in the context of achievements by Nepali climbers.

At least seven Nepali climbers have more than 20 summits under their belts.

“I’m really surprised by the interest… considering that so many of the Sherpas have so many more ascents,” he said then.

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Nepali climber Kami Rita Sherpa, 56, dubbed the “Everest Man”, broke his own world record with a 32nd summit of Everest on Sunday.

Lhakpa Sherpa, 52, also broke her own women’s record with her 11th summit the same day.

Nepal has issued a record 492 permits to mountaineers this season, and a city of tents hosting foreign climbers and support staff has been set up at the foot of Everest.

The high numbers have rekindled concerns about overcrowding on the mountain, especially if poor weather shortens the climbing window.

On Wednesday, an estimated 275 people reached the summit in a record-breaking day on the southern face of the peak.

Three Nepali climbers involved in Everest expeditions have died so far this season.

Nepal is home to eight of the world’s 10 highest peaks and welcomes hundreds of adventurers each spring.

A climbing boom has made mountaineering a lucrative business since Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay Sherpa made the first ascent in 1953.

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Nepali climber Kami Rita Sherpa, also known as “Everest Man” reached the peak of the world’s highest mountain for a record 30th time on Wednesday, three decades after his first summit.

A 54-year-old climber, who broke his own record after climbing the 8,849-metre (29,000-foot) peak for the 29th time earlier this month, has previously said that he was “just working” and did not plan on setting records.

“Kami Rita reached the summit this morning. Now he has made a new record with 30 summits of Everest,” Mingma Sherpa of Seven Summit Treks, his expedition organiser, told AFP.

Sherpa first stood on the top of Everest in 1994 when working for a commercial expedition.

Since then he has climbed Everest almost every year, guiding clients.

“I am glad for the record, but records are eventually broken,” he told AFP after his 29th climb on May 12. “I am more happy that my climbs help Nepal be recognised in the world.”

Last year, Sherpa climbed Everest twice to reclaim his record after another guide, Pasang Dawa Sherpa, equalled his number of ascents.

He has also conquered other 8,000-metre peaks including the world’s second-highest mountain, K2 in Pakistan.

His success in reaching the top came as the season’s death toll climbed to five.

A Romanian climber died during a bid to scale Lhotse, the fourth-highest mountain, his expedition organiser said.

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“He was found dead in his tent on Camp Three on Monday morning by his guide,” said Mohan Lamsal of Makalu Adventure, naming the climber as Gabriel Viorel Tabara.

Everest and Lhotse share the same route until diverting at 7,200 metres.

“We are making efforts to bring his body down,” he said.

Earlier this week, two Mongolian climbers went missing and were later found dead after reaching Everest’s summit.

Two more climbers, one French and one Nepali, have died this season on Makalu, the world’s fifth-highest peak.

Nepal has issued more than 900 permits for its mountains this year, including 419 for Everest, earning more than $5 million in royalties.

Around 500 climbers and their guides have already reached the summit of Everest after a rope-fixing team reached the peak last month.

This year, China also reopened the Tibetan route to foreigners for the first time since closing it in 2020 because of the pandemic.

Nepal is home to eight of the world’s 10 highest peaks and welcomes hundreds of adventurers each spring, when temperatures are warm and winds typically calm.

Last year more than 600 climbers made it to the summit of Everest but it was also the deadliest season on the mountain, with 18 fatalities.

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Sajid Ali Sadpara created history for Pakistan as he became the first mountaineer from the country to scale the world’s highest peak, Mount Everest, without the help of high-altitude porters and supplemental oxygen.

Sadpara, son of the late legendary climber Muhammad Ali Sadpara, summited the 8848-metre peak situated in Nepal on Sunday in Alpine style – the type of ascent, where climbers are not supported by local porters from base camp to the summit.

It was his fifth such summit as he has already ascended K2 (8,611m), Gasherbrum-I (8,080m) and Gasherbrum-II (8,035m), in Pakistan and Manaslu (8,163m) in Nepal without supplemental oxygen.

💥Sajid Sadpara has summited Mt Everest 💥
History has been made as 1st Pakistani to be on the top of Everest; Solo, without use of supplemental oxygen & personal sherpa assistance.
It was dream of his father for 🇵🇰
Pure alpinist #Everest2023 pic.twitter.com/lsJ9e651fG

— Sajid Ali Sadpara (@sajid_sadpara) May 14, 2023

Sadapara aims to climb all 14 eight-thousander mountains without supplemental oxygen.

His father Ali Sadpara lost his life along with Iceland’s John Snorri and Chile’s Juan Pablo Mohrra while attempting to summit the K2 during the winter season in 2021.

Earlier, another Pakistani climber Naila Kiani successfully reached the peak of Mount Everest on Sunday, becoming only the second female mountaineer from the country to do so.

Naila, a Dubai-based Banker by profession and a mother of two, also became the first Pakistani woman to scale five peaks above 8000 meters.

Last month, she had scaled Annapurna Mountain (8,091 metres) – the 10th highest peak in the world also located in Nepal – to become the first female from the country to do so.

She also ascended Gasherbrum-II (8,035m) in 2021 and climbed Gasherbrum-I (8,068m) and the world’s second-highest peak K2 in July 2022.

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Mountaineer Naila Kiani on Sunday climbed the world’s highest peak, Mount Everest, thus becoming the first Pakistani woman to scale five peaks above 8000 meters. 

Naila also became the second female mountaineer from the country to summit Mount Everest after Samina Baig, who did so in 2013 at the age of 23.

According to the details, Naila successfully ascended the 8848-metre peak situated in Nepal on Sunday morning, scaling her fifth out of the 14 tallest peaks in the world.

Last month, she had scaled Annapurna Mountain (8,091 metres) – the 10th highest peak in the world also located in Nepal – to become the first female from the country to do so.

She also ascended Gasherbrum-II (8,035m) in 2021 and climbed Gasherbrum-I (8,068m) and the world’s second-highest peak K2 in July 2022.

It is worth mentioning here that Naila is a banker by profession based in Dubai, an amateur boxer and a mother of two kids.

She first gained prominence after images of her wedding shoot at K2 Basecamp in 2018 circulated on social media.

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