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The Sherpa Who Climbed Everest 10 Times — Without Ever Breathing Bottled Oxygen

Ang Rita Sherpa reached the summit of the world's highest mountain ten separate times, including the only winter ascent in history made without…

By Laxman Rawal · Jul 20, 2026

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On 22 December 1987, a Nepali climber named Ang Rita Sherpa stood on the summit of Mount Everest in the dead of winter, in jet-stream winds and temperatures that can fall below -60°C, breathing nothing but the same thin air every trekker on the trail below…

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