Pasang Dawa summits Mt. Everest for record 27 times, ties with Kami
The Hindu
Pasang Dawa Sherpa on May 22 scaled Mt. Everest for the 27th time, equalising a world record for the highest number of ascents set earlier by Kami Rita Sherpa
Pasang Dawa Sherpa on May 22 scaled Mt. Everest for the 27th time, equalising a world record for the highest number of ascents set earlier by Kami Rita Sherpa.
On May 22, the 46-year-old mountaineer stood atop Mt. Everest for the 27th time at 8.25 a.m. today, Mr. awa Gyaljen Sherpa, the Executive Director of Imagine Nepal Treks which organised the expedition, told PTI.
Mr. Dawa has become the second person in the world to climb the 8,848.86 metres-high peak 27 times, he said.
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The mountaineer, born in Pangboche near the Everest region, first summitted the Everest in 1998.
Mr. Dawa has made it to the top of the world's highest summit twice this spring.
Earlier, he summitted the Everest 26th time on May 14.
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