The 54-year-old reached the summit of the highest mountain in the world at 8,848 meters on Sunday at 7:25 a.m. local time, said a Nepalese official who is currently at the Everest base camp. Sherpa accompanied a group as a mountain guide, said the head of his expedition company Seven Summit Treks, Mingma Sherpa.
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Kami Rita Sherpa first conquered Mount Everest in 1994 and, according to the Guinness Book of Records, has repeated this almost every year since then – as part of his work. He also climbed several other eight-thousanders in the Himalayas. Sherpas are a local ethnic group whose members often work as guides and porters for mountaineers from abroad. Kami Rita Sherpa was initially a porter and later a mountain guide.
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Peak Everest season runs from April to June, when there are most likely good weather windows for climbing the mountain on the border between Nepal and Chinese-administered Tibet. It can be climbed from both countries, but climbs from Nepal are more common. The fee-based permit required for the climb costs less there – a total of 11,000 dollars (around 10,000 euros). This spring season, 414 climbers received these, according to the Nepal Tourism Authority.
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