Wed May 15, 2019, 03:43 PM
Judi Lynn (145,773 posts)
Sherpa climber scales Mount Everest for record 23rd time
Source: Associated Press
Sherpa climber scales Mount Everest for record 23rd time Binaj Gurubacharya, Associated Press Updated 1:13 am CDT, Wednesday, May 15, 2019 
Photo: Niranjan Shrestha, AP IMAGE 1 OF 5 FILE - In this May 20, 2018, file photo, Nepalese veteran Sherpa guide, Kami Rita, 48, waves as he arrives in Kathmandu, Nepal. Rita has scaled Mount Everest for a 23rd time, breaking his own record for the most successful ascents of the world's highest peak. KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Sherpa climber Kami Rita scaled Mount Everest on Wednesday for a 23rd time, breaking his own record for the most successful ascents of the world's highest peak. Rita reached the summit with other climbers Wednesday morning and all of them were reported to be safe, said Gyanendra Shrestha, a Nepalese government official at the mountain's base camp. Rita's two closest peers have climbed the 8,850-meter (29,035-foot) peak 21 times each, but both of them have retired from mountain climbing. "It is my profession, but at the same time I am setting new world record for Nepal too," Rita told The Associated Press last month before heading to the mountain. Read more: https://www.chron.com/news/world/article/Sherpa-climber-scales-Mount-Everest-for-record-13846211.php
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Judi Lynn | May 2019 | OP |
| hlthe2b | May 2019 | #1 | |
| Fresh_Start | May 2019 | #2 | |
| keithbvadu2 | May 2019 | #3 | |
| Blue_Tires | May 2019 | #4 | |
| Dem2theMax | May 2019 | #5 | |
| tonekat | May 2019 | #6 |
Response to Judi Lynn (Original post)
Wed May 15, 2019, 03:46 PM
hlthe2b (84,076 posts)
1. Amazing... n/t
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Wed May 15, 2019, 03:57 PM
Fresh_Start (11,181 posts)
2. Good on him...but for me
Response to Judi Lynn (Original post)
Wed May 15, 2019, 04:14 PM
4. some folks just like showing off
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Wed May 15, 2019, 09:12 PM
Dem2theMax (9,419 posts)
5. Utterly incredible.
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I cannot imagine going through the Khumbu icefall 46 times, let alone once.
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