KATHMANDU, May 22 (Xinhua) — Renowned Nepali mountaineering guide Kami Rita Sherpa scaled the world’s highest peak, Mount Qomolangma, for a record 30th time on Wednesday morning, breaking his own record set just days ago.
The 54-year-old Sherpa was guiding foreign climbers when he summitted the 8,848.86-meter-high peak at 7:49 a.m. local time for the second time in one climbing season. He had reached the summit