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Apa Sherpa atop Everest for a record 20th time

Apa Sherpa, 49, has once again shattered his record by reaching the top of the tallest peak in the world for a record 20th time on May 22.

Apa reached the summit leading an expedition to raise awareness about education opportunities in the Everest region though Apa Sherpa Foundation, which is dedicated to increasing educational opportunities for people in the Himalayan region.

Raising awareness about the impact of climate change and global warming on the Himalayas was the other objective of his expedition.

Apa first reached the summit of Mt Everest in 1989 and has returned to climb the mountain almost every year since then.

Born in Thame VDC in Solukhumbu, Apa moved to US in 2006 and has been living in Salt Lake City.

13-year-old climbs Mt Everest

Thirteen-year-old American boy Jordan Romero has become the youngest person to climb Mt Everest (8,848m) from the Tibetan side. Romero, who hails from California, reached the summit on May 22, according to everestnews.com.

The successful summit of Mt Everest takes Romero a step closer to his ambitious dream of scaling highest mountains in all summits. Before climbing Everest, he had already climbed five of the seven peaks, including Mt Kilimanjaro in Africa. He only needs to climb Vinson Massif, the highest peak in Antartica, to achieve his goal.

Romero climbed Mt Everest from northern side as Nepal does not issue climbing permit to persons below 16 years of age. Source: taan.org.np

Pushkar Shah, 91 others climb Everest

A total of 92 summiteers, including world cyclist Pushkar Shah, made it to the summit of Mt Everest, the highest peak in the world, on May 17. Forty-two of them are foreign mountaineers. 

World Cyclist Shah (42) reached the summit at 10:30 along with five members of his expeditions. Apart from Shah’s expedition, three Korean expeditions and an Indian expedition also reached the summit on May 17 making the first climbs of Everest this season. 

Shah, who cycled through 150 countries, climbed Mt Everest to place flags of all the countries he has cycled through on the summit. 

Shah, who hails from Dolakha, started his world tour in 1998. He pedalled through 221,400 km reaching 150 countries. Source: taan.org.np