Nepali sherpa scales summit of Mount Everest for record 27th time
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Strong climber' Kami Rita Sherpa beats own record for number of ascents on world's highest mountain
A Nepali sherpa has scaled Mount Everest for a record 27th time, beating his own record, a government official and his hiking company said.
Kami Rita Sherpa, 53, scaled the 8,849-metre (29,032ft) mountain early on Wednesday morning along the traditional south-east ridge route, guiding a foreign climber.
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