KATHMANDU, Nepal — One of the best mountain guides mentioned Thursday he’s not able to retire after climbing Mount Everest for a file twenty eighth time.

Nepalese Sherpa Kami Rita reached the 8,849-meter (29,032-foot) summit of the world’s highest mountain on Tuesday, beating his personal file lower than every week after setting it.

“I will continue to climb as long as my body allows,” the 53-year-old information informed reporters after arriving from the mountain at Kathmandu’s airport, the place he was given a hero’s welcome by supporters and relations.

He mentioned his aim is to not compete for any information however to assist his overseas shoppers scale the mountain.

This yr’s climbing season is nearly over, and his subsequent climb must wait till subsequent spring.

Kami Rita reached the summit a day after fellow Sherpa information Pasang Dawa matched his earlier file of 27 climbs.

A race for the title started with Pasang Dawa climbing the height for a twenty sixth time on May 14, equaling Kami Rita’s earlier file. Kami Rita reached the height three days later for the twenty seventh time.

Kami Rita first climbed Everest in 1994 and has completed so almost yearly since then. He is one in every of many Sherpa guides whose experience and abilities are important to the security and success of overseas climbers who search to achieve the highest of the mountain. His father was among the many first Sherpa guides.

Kami Rita has scaled a number of of the world’s highest peaks along with Everest, together with K2, Cho Oyu, Manaslu and Lhotse.

Thousands of individuals have climbed Mount Everest because it was first conquered by New Zealander Edmund Hillary and Sherpa information Tenzing Norgay in 1953. This yr is the seventieth anniversary of the primary climb.

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