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In this picture taken on May 1, 2021 an expedition base camp staff wearing a face mask walks around Everest base camp, some 140 kilometres north-east of Kathmandu. AFP
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Nepali mountaineer Kami Rita Sherpa poses at the Everest base camp in the Mount Everest region of Solukhumbu district. AFP
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Nepalese veteran Sherpa guide Kami Rita scaled Mount Everest on Friday for the 25th time, breaking his own record for the most successful ascents of the world’s highest peak. AP Photo
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Light illuminates Mount Everest at sunset. Reuters
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Kami Rita performs a ritual at the Everest base camp in the Mount Everest region of Solukhumbu district. AFP
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Kami Rita, 51, holds the Guinness World Record for the most summits of the highest mountain in the world. AFP
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Rita stands at base camp before the record-breaking rope-fixing summit begins on Mount Everest. AFP
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In this picture taken on May 1, 2021 an expedition base camp staff wearing a face mask walks around Everest base camp, some 140 kilometres north-east of Kathmandu. AFP
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Nepali mountaineer Kami Rita Sherpa poses at the Everest base camp in the Mount Everest region of Solukhumbu district. AFP
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Nepalese veteran Sherpa guide Kami Rita scaled Mount Everest on Friday for the 25th time, breaking his own record for the most successful ascents of the world’s highest peak. AP Photo
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Light illuminates Mount Everest at sunset. Reuters
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Kami Rita performs a ritual at the Everest base camp in the Mount Everest region of Solukhumbu district. AFP
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Kami Rita, 51, holds the Guinness World Record for the most summits of the highest mountain in the world. AFP
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Rita stands at base camp before the record-breaking rope-fixing summit begins on Mount Everest. AFP
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In this picture taken on May 1, 2021 an expedition base camp staff wearing a face mask walks around Everest base camp, some 140 kilometres north-east of Kathmandu. AFP
Nepalese Sherpa Kami Rita scales Mount Everest for record 25th time
The mountaineer is among the first climbers to scale Everest's new summit height, almost a metre higher than previously recorded
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