Kathmandu — Two Nepali Sherpas broke their own world records for the most Everest summits by a man and a woman on Wednesday, reaching the world’s highest mountain peak for a 22nd and ninth time, respectively. Kami Rita Sherpa, a professional guide, and Lhakpa Sherpa, who works in a supermarket in Connecticut, reached the summit from opposite sides of the 8,848m mountain. Kami Rita, 48, was one of six Sherpas who took seven clients to the summit from the Nepali side, said Mingma Sherpa of Seven Summit Treks, who organised the expedition. A guide for more than two decades, he broke the previous record of 21 summits that he shared with two other Sherpas. Kami Rita first reached the top of Everest in 1994 when working for a commercial expedition. "I did not start climbing to set a world record," he said in April before setting out for the mountain. "It wasn’t for any competition." Lhakpa Sherpa, 44, reached the peak for a ninth time via the northern route from Tibet, her brother Mingma ...
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