New record for climbing guide Kami Rita Sherpa. The Nepalese reached for the thirty-second time the summit of Everest, the highest mountain on the planet, breaking its own record. Kami Rita thus establishes herself as the person with the most promotions.
“This is another milestone in the history of mountaineering in Nepal,” said Himal Gautam, spokesperson for the Nepal Tourism Department. Sherpa, 56, first set foot on the summit of Everest in 1994 while working for a commercial expedition. Since then he has trodden this summit almost every year, guiding different clients.
Their promotions are already a milestone. “His record creates more excitement among other climbers,” Gautam added. “By breaking records through healthy competition on Everest, we will help make climbing safer, more dignified and better managed.”
Kami Rita Sherpa’s record was not the only one, since Lhakpa Sherpa, 52, known as the ‘Queen of the Mountain’, broke her own women’s record with her eleventh ascent of Everest. She first set foot on this peak in 2000 and then became the first Nepalese woman to successfully reach and descend the highest peak in the world.
Nepal has issued a record number of 492 Everest permits this season. The high number of visitors has revived concern and debate about overcrowding in the mountains, especially if bad weather reduces the season.
Nor the increase in the price of the permit for foreigners, which has gone from 11,000 to 15,000 dollars per person, Nor have the requirements regarding the insurance that each climber must carry been tightened, have prevented the boom in climbing Everest from diminishing.
