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Nepali mountaineer Kami Rita Sherpa made history Saturday after summiting Mount Everest for the 26th time. He was already a world record holder, having broken the record for summiting Everest five times in four years. On Saturday, the 52-year-old mountain guide broke the previous world record of 25 ascents of the world’s tallest mountain, which he set last May.

Kami Rita has set and broken the world record for Everest ascents almost every spring for the past four years. With more than 35 years of mountaineering experience, Kami Rita is a world-famous climber. He first set the record for Everest summits at 22, after having shared the 21-summit record with two other climbers.

He broke that the following year when he conquered Everest a 23rd time, according to Guinness World Records. Kami Rita broke his own record six days later with his 24th summit. It’s possible that Kami Rita could have achieved an even higher summit count by now had it not been for the COVID-19 pandemic. Nepal and China canceled the 2020 climbing season. When Everest reopened the following year, Kami Rita broke his record once again, with his 25th successful summit. Kami Rita didn’t make it to the top on his first attempt in 1992. He did, however, finish the climb two years later.

Kami Rita’s life has been tied to the mountain since he was a child. His father, Mingma Tshering Sherpa, was one of the first professional guides on Everest when Nepal began allowing international climbers in 1950. And Kami Rita had worked as a porter transporting gear to Everest’s base camp since he was 12.

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