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Rope-fixing, a solo push, a client summit, then solo again: Nepali guide Tashi Gyalzen Sherpa's four ascents in May 2025 are now the certified record…
By Laxman Rawal · Aug 22, 2026
On 23 May 2025, a 30-year-old guide from Solukhumbu stood on the summit of Everest for the fourth time in fifteen days. Guinness World Records has now made it official: Tashi Gyalzen Sherpa holds the record for the most Everest summits in a single climbing…
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What makes the record unusual isn't just the number — it's that no two of the four climbs were the same trip. Sherpa guides routinely go up Everest more than once in a season, but almost always as part of a single client rotation. Tashi Gyalzen's four ascents…
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It's worth separating this from Everest's other famous record, because they measure completely different things. Kami Rita Sherpa holds the record for the most Everest summits across an entire career — 31 and counting, first climbed in 1994, extended again on…
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What this means for you You'll likely never need four summits in fifteen days, but the record is a useful reminder of who actually keeps Everest open each spring: not the well-known client-side names, but guides like Tashi Gyalzen doing rope-fixing, rescue…
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