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Many Mount Everest records are held by Nepali, especially those from the Sherpa region. On 11 May 2011, Apa Sherpa successfully reached the summit of Everest for the twenty-first time, breaking his own record for the most successful ascents. [138] He first climbed Mount Everest in 1989 at the age of 29. [139] Phurba Tashi Sherpa (also 21 times)
If Graham, Boss and Kaufmann did climb Kabru it was a remarkable achievement for its time, establishing an altitude record which was not broken for twenty-six years. [13] Nine years later, another claim to the world altitude record was made by Martin Conway in the course of his expedition to the Karakoram in 1892.
The IFSC also sanctions speed climbing competitions [5] and those events that entail world record attempts. [6] Speed climbing was one of the three climbing modalities included in the combined format at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, along with lead and bouldering .
The age record for summitting all 14 of the world's tallest mountains was previously held by another Nepali climber, Mingma Gyabu "David" Sherpa, who achieved it in 2019 at the age of 30 ...
During his lifetime, he held the Guinness World Record for being the fastest man to climb the world's three highest mountains with supplementary oxygen. [1] Park Moo-taek climbed Kangchenjunga on 19 May 2000, K2 on 31 July 2000 and Everest on 16 May 2002, completing the feat in 1 year 362 days. [2] [3] In 2022, the record was broken by Nirmal ...
One of greatest climbing guides on Mount Everest has scaled the world's highest peak for the 29th time, extending his own record for most times to the summit, expedition organizers said Sunday ...
Sam Watson climbed the 49-foot overhanging wall in 4.74 seconds, a new world record, but had to settle for bronze.
Kami Rita (कामीरिता शेर्पा) (born 17 January 1970), Thame, Solukhumbu District, Nepal [1] is a Nepali Sherpa guide who, since May 2018, has held the record for most ascents to the summit of Mount Everest. Most recently, he scaled the mountain for the 30th time on 22 May 2024, breaking his own record set on 12 May 2024.