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A renowned Nepali Sherpa guide scaled Mount Everest for the 32nd time on Sunday (May 17), an official said, smashing his own record set last year.

Kami Rita Sherpa, 56, reached the 8,849-metre (29,032 foot) peak, the highest in the world while guiding clients from the 14 Peaks Expedition company.

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00:05A renowned Nepali Sherpa guide scaled Mount Everest for the 32nd time on Sunday, an official
00:12said, smashing his own record set last year. Kamirita Sherpa, 56, reached the 8,849-meter
00:20peak, the highest in the world while guiding clients from the 14 Peaks Expedition Company.
00:25Nepal's Department of Tourism congratulated the Sherpa for achieving the historic milestone
00:31and for his contributions to promoting mountain tourism.
00:55Kamirita climbed the peak for the first time in 1994 and has repeated the feat every year,
01:01except in 2014, 2015 and 2020, when expeditions to Everest were closed for different reasons.
01:10He reached the summit twice in some years.
01:12More than 8,000 people have climbed Mount Everest, many of them several times.
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