Records & People
On 17 May 2026, Lhakpa Sherpa summited Everest for a record 11th time and Kami Rita Sherpa followed 42 minutes later for his 32nd — the verified…
By Dawa Sherpa · Jul 30, 2026
At 9:30 in the morning on 17 May 2026, a 52-year-old woman who grew up in a Nepali village where girls were not allowed to attend school stood on the summit of Mount Everest for the eleventh time — more than any other woman in history. Forty-two minutes…
Travel Himalaya Nepal · News
The guide's take Every client either of them has guided up Everest owes their summit photo to a Nepali mountaineering tradition far bigger than any one record. The same spring that produced these two milestones was, separately, the busiest Everest season…
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