49-year-old climber Kami Rita Sherpa climbs Mount Everest for 23rd time creating new record for most summits of world’s highest mountain
In this file photo taken on March 28, 2018, Nepalese mountaineer Kami Rita Sherpa spins prayer wheels at Boudhanath Stupa on the outskirts of Kathmandu.
"I did not climb for world records, I was just working. I did not even know you could set records earlier," he said last month before setting off for Everest base camp. Ethnic Sherpas from the valleys around Everest have become synonymous with high-altitude climbing, crucial for Nepal's lucrative mountaineering industry, which nets the impoverished Himalayan country more than $4 million a year. With their unique ability to work in a low-oxygen, high-altitude atmosphere, they are the backbone of the industry, helping clients and hauling equipment up Himalayan peaks.
Nepal has issued a record 378 permits costing $11,000 each for this year's spring climbing season, sparking fears of bottlenecks en route to the summit if poor weather cuts down the number of climbing days.
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