KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — A Sherpa guide has scaled Mount Everest for the 25th time, breaking his own record for the most ascents of the world’s highest peak. Officials say Kami Rita and 11 other Sherpa guides reached the summit on Friday. They are the first group of climbers to reach the summit this year and were fixing the ropes on the icy route so that hundreds of other climbers can scale the peak later this month. Everest was closed to climbing last year because of the coronavirus pandemic. Nepal has issued climbing permits this year to 408 foreign climbers despite a surging COVID-19 outbreak.
Sherpa guide scales Mount Everest for record 25th time
