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Veteran Sherpa guide Kami Rita arrives at the airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, Thursday, May 25, 2023. The 53-year-old guide scaled Mount Everest for the 28th time on Tuesday beating his own record within a week as two guides compete with each other for the title of most climbs of the world's highest peak. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

Sherpa guide who climbed Mount Everest a record 28 times says he’s not ready to retire

By Binaj Gurubacharya - Associated Press

Nepalese veteran Sherpa guide, Kami Rita, 48, poses for a photograph at his rented apartment in Kathmandu, Nepal, March 26, 2018. Rita scaled Mount Everest Tuesday, May 23, 2023, for the 28th time beating his own record within a week as two guides compete with each other for the title of most climbs of the world's highest peak. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha, File)

Sherpa guide Kami Rita scales Mount Everest for a record 28th time

By Binaj Gurubacharya - Associated Press

In this May 20, 2018, file photo, Nepalese veteran Sherpa guide, Kami Rita waves as he arrives in Kathmandu, Nepal. Rita, one of the greatest mountain guides regained his title with the most climbs of Mount Everest after scaling the peak for the 27th time on Wednesday, just three days after a fellow Sherpa climber had equalled his previous record. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha, File)

Nepal’s Sherpa guide Kami Rita regains title for most climbs of Mount Everest after 27th trip

By Binaj Gurubacharya - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 20, 2018, file photo, Nepalese veteran Sherpa guide, Kami Rita waves as he arrives in Kathmandu, Nepal. Rita, 51, an ace Sherpa guide scaled Mount Everest Friday for the 25th time breaking his own record for the most successful ascents of the world’s highest peak. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha, File)

Sherpa guide scales Mount Everest for record 25th time

By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA - Associated Press

Nepalese veteran Sherpa guide Kami Rita, 49, is welcomed by his wife at the airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, Saturday, May 25, 2019. The Sherpa mountaineer extended his record for successful climbs of Mount Everest with his 24th ascent of the world's highest peak on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

Nepal’s record-setting Everest guide returns hero

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Sherpa guide climbs Everest 24th time, outdoing own record

By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA - Associated Press

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. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha, File)

Sherpa climber scales Mount Everest for record 23rd time

By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA - Associated Press

In this photo taken Saturday, March 30, 2019, Nima Doma, 34, right, and Furdiki Sherpa, 43, stand for photographs after their morning exercise as they train to summit Mount Everest, in Kathmandu, Nepal. Five years after one of the deadliest disasters on Mount Everest, three people from Nepal's ethnic Sherpa community, including Doma and Sherpa, are preparing an ascent to raise awareness about the Nepalese mountain guides who make it possible for hundreds of foreign climbers to scale the mountain and survive. The two women lost their husbands in the 2014 ice avalanche on Everest’s western shoulder that killed 16 fellow Sherpa guides. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

Widows, ace guide to climb Everest to honor Sherpas

By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA - Associated Press

Nepalese veteran Sherpa guide, Kami Rita, 48, waves as he arrives in Kathmandu, Nepal, Sunday, May 20, 2018. Rita, scaled Mount Everest on Wednesday morning May 16 for the 22nd time, setting the record for most climbs of the world's highest mountain, officials said. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

Record Everest climber returns, already planning next trip

By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA - Associated Press

In this May 2017 photo provided by Lhakpa Sherpa, Sherpa displays a flag from West Hartford, Conn., on the summit of Mount Everest in Nepal. Once a year, Sherpa heads back to her native Nepal to try and break her own record for successful summits of Mount Everest by a woman. (Courtesy of Lhakpa Sherpa via AP) ** FILE **

Male and female Sherpa guides break records for Everest climbs

By Adam Zielonka - The Washington Times

In this March 26, 2018 photo, Nepalese veteran Sherpa guide, Kami Rita, 48, poses for a photograph at his rented apartment in Kathmandu, Nepal. Rita, who is one of just three people to scale Mount Everest 21 times, is about to attempt a record-breaking 22nd summit. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

Sherpa guide trying to reach top of the world for 22nd time

By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA - Associated Press