A Nepali sherpa guide climbed Mount Everest for the 26th time on Sunday, hiking officials said, becoming the world’s second person to achieve the feat.
Pasang Dawa Sherpa, 46, stood atop the 8,849-m peak, sharing the record number of summits with Kami Rita Sherpa, said Bigyan Koirala, a government tourism official.Pasang Dawa reached the top with a Hungarian client, said an official of his employer Imagine Nepal Treks, a hiking company.
Sherpas, who mostly use their first names, are known for their climbing skills and make a living mainly by guiding foreign clients in the mountains. This could not be independently confirmed as many foreign climbers are now headed for the peak, a day after the ropes to the top were fixed. Nepal has issued a record of 467 permits this year for foreign climbers seeking to reach the summit of Everest.
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