KATHMANDU, May 8: A 52-year-old Nepali Sherpa has climbed Mount Everest for the 26th time, bettering his own record for most number of times to scale the world’s highest peak, expedition planners said on Sunday. Kami Rita and his group of 11 Sherpa guides summitted the 8,848.86-metre peak at 6.55 pm (local time), said Dawa Sherpa, manager of Seven Summit Treks Pvt Ltd. The Sherpas made the expedition to fix ropes along the trekking route, to help climbers ahead of […]
Record-breaking Sherpa halts attempt to scale Everest for 26th time, says Mountain Goddess warned him
Record-holding Nepali guide, Kami Rita Sherpa
KATHMANDU [Nepal]: Record-holding Nepali guide, Kami Rita Sherpa, said that he cancelled his 26th ascent to scale the world highest mountain as he had a dream in which a “Mountain Goddess” warned him from making another attempt.
Kami Rita spoke to the media after his arrival back from the Everest Base Camp on Tuesday. On being asked about the reason for halting another record-setting attempt, he said that the bad weather was the signal from the Mountain Goddess to not make another attempt.