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The Nepali Guide Who Just Stood Atop Europe's Highest Mountain for the 200th Time

Chatur Tamang, born in a Solukhumbu village in the shadow of Everest, summited Mount Elbrus for the 200th time on July 25, 2026 — a record built one…

By Laxman Rawal · Jul 26, 2026

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At 6:20 a.m. local time on Saturday, July 25, 2026, a Nepali mountain guide named Chatur Tamang stood on top of Mount Elbrus, the highest point in Europe, for the 200th time. No Nepali has summited a foreign mountain that many times. Most professional guides…

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What this means for trekkers coming to Nepal

What this means for you Elbrus is a popular training and acclimatisation objective for Western climbers preparing for Nepal's 6,000-7,000m peaks, and Nepali guides like Tamang are increasingly the ones running those expeditions abroad — not just at home. It…

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