Three Indians among 274 to Mt. Everest, set new record

The Hindu · 🇮🇳 public India · May 21, 2026 · 233 words · By PTI

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What to know about Three Indians among 274 to Mt. Everest, set new record

Three Indians were among 274 climbers who successfully reached the summit of Mount Everest from Nepal's side, setting a new record for the highest number of ascents ever recorded in a day.

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What happened

Three Indians were among 274 climbers who successfully reached the summit of Mount Everest from Nepal's side, setting a new record for the highest number of ascents ever recorded in a day.

Why it matters

All 274 climbers reached the 8,848.86-metre peak on Wednesday (May 20, 2026).

Common ground

“These climbers, including 150 Nepalese sherpas, reached the summit in a single day,” informed Rishi Ram Bhandari, general secretary of the Expedition Operators Association in Nepal.

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No major persuasion pattern has been attached yet, so the source, headline, and evidence should carry most of the weight for readers.

Follow-up questions

What concrete event or decision sits underneath the headline: Three Indians among 274 to Mt. Everest, set new record?
What evidence would most clearly confirm or weaken the claim that Earlier, in May 2019, 223 climbers had reached the summit in a single day from the Nepalese side?
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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 10 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Earlier, in May 2019, 223 climbers had reached the summit in a single day from the Nepalese side.”

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Fox News and other reports confirm that the previous record was 223 climbers who reached the summit in a single day in May 2019.

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web search NEUTRAL — A record 274 climbers scaled Mount Everest on Wednesday, the highest number to reach the summit from the mountain’s south side in a single day, a Nepali hiking official said.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/21/asia/climbers-everest-summit-…

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web search NEUTRAL — Record number of climbers summit Mount Everest from Nepali side despite overcrowding concerns. Surge shattered the previous record of 223 climbers set in 2019, with the final total expected to rise.
https://www.foxnews.com/world/record-number-climbers-summit-…

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web search NEUTRAL — From Nepal alone, 223 climbers reached the summit on May 22 that year, followed by 212 on May 23, according to the Department of Tourism.
https://kathmandupost.com/money/2026/05/13/everest-route-ope…

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Claim 2: “Mr. Mandal scaled Everest along with eight others, including six Nepalese sherpas, according to Pioneer Adventure Private Limited, the organiser of the expedition.”

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The Hindu and other reports confirm Mandal scaled the peak with eight others, including six sherpas, organized by Pioneer Adventure Private Limited.

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web search NEUTRAL — Mr. Mandal scaled Everest along with eight others, including six Nepalese sherpas, according to Pioneer Adventure Private Limited, the organiser of the expedition.
https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/three-indians-am…

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web search NEUTRAL — Mandal scaled Everest along with eight others, including six Nepalese sherpas, according to Pioneer Adventure Pvt. Ltd., the organiser of the expedition.
https://www.deccanchronicle.com/world/three-indians-among-27…

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web search NEUTRAL — West Bengal Police constable Lakshmikanta Mandal, part of Kolkata Police commissioner's security, successfully summited Mount Everest alongside visually impaired Chhonzin Angmo. He is the fourth climb…
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/4-days-afte…

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Claim 3: “Nepal's Kami Rita Sherpa, who broke his own record by climbing the summit for the 32nd time.”

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No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding Kami Rita Sherpa's 32nd ascent in 2026.

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Claim 4: “The three Indian mountaineers who were part of the team that made a World Record are Tulasi Reddi Palpunoori, Sandeep Are and Ajay Pal Singh Dhaliwal.”

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The evidence confirms that three Indians were among the record-breaking group, but the specific names (Tulasi Reddi Palpunoori, Sandeep Are, and Ajay Pal Singh Dhaliwal) are not explicitly listed in the provided search snippets, though they are associated with the reporting of the event.

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web search NEUTRAL — Three Indians were among 274 climbers who successfully reached the summit of Mount Everest from Nepal's side, setting a new record for the highest number of ascents ever recorded in a day. All 274 cli…
https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/three-indians-am…

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web search NEUTRAL — Kathmandu: Three Indians were among 274 climbers who successfully summited Mount Everest from Nepal's side, setting a new record for the highest number of ascents ever recorded in a day.
https://www.etvbharat.com/en/international/several-indians-a…

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web search NEUTRAL — Kathmandu: Three Indians were among 274 climbers who successfully summited Mount Everest from Nepal's side, setting a new record for the highest number of ascents ever recorded in a day.All 274 climbe…
https://www.deccanchronicle.com/world/three-indians-among-27…

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Claim 5: “502 climbers had acquired permission to climb the Everest in spring 2026.”

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The web search results for '502 climbers' returned technical information about HTTP 502 Bad Gateway errors rather than information about Everest climbing permits.

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web search NEUTRAL — 502 Bad Gateway The server was acting as a gateway or proxy and received an invalid response from the upstream server. 503 Service Unavailable The server cannot handle the request (because it is overl…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_HTTP_status_codes

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web search NEUTRAL — Sep 24, 2025 · The HTTP 502 Bad Gateway error indicates a server acting as a gateway received an invalid response from the upstream server.
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Reference/…

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web search NEUTRAL — Nov 3, 2025 · All these variations represent the same 502 error, with wording depending on the browser or server. Mentions of Cloudflare, Nginx, or Apache indicate server configuration issues, while p…
https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/blogs/how-to-fix-502-bad-gatew…

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Claim 6: “Lhakpa Sherpa, from Nepal, became the first woman to climb Mt. Everest for a record 11 times this season.”

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No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding Lhakpa Sherpa's 11th ascent in 2026.

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Claim 7: “On Thursday (May 21, 2026), India's Lakshmikanta Mandal also reached the world's highest peak.”

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Multiple sources confirm that Lakshmikanta Mandal reached the summit on Thursday, May 21, 2026.

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web search NEUTRAL — Comscore tracker. Thu, May 21, 2026.On Thursday, India's Lakshmikanta Mandal also reached the world's highest peak. Mandal scaled Everest along with eight others, including six Nepalese sherpas, accor…
https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/3-indians-among-27…

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web search NEUTRAL — 21 May 2026 5:50 PM IST21 May 2026 5:50 PM IST.Earlier, in May 2019, 223 climbers had reached the summit in a single day from the Nepalese side. On Thursday, India's Lakshmikanta Mandal also reached t…
https://www.deccanchronicle.com/world/three-indians-among-27…

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Claim 8: “These climbers, including 150 Nepalese sherpas, reached the summit in a single day”

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While the total number of 274 climbers is corroborated across multiple sources, the specific detail that 150 of them were Nepalese sherpas is not explicitly mentioned in the provided evidence snippets from other sources; it appears only in the context of the primary reporting.

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web search NEUTRAL — Over 270 climbers reached the summit of Mount Everest from Nepal on Wednesday, setting a new record for the number of people to climb to the top of the world's tallest mountain from the Nepali side in…
https://www.dw.com/en/everest-record-274-climbers-summit-fro…

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web search NEUTRAL — Record 274 climbers scale Everest via Nepal in one day.An additional 113 climbers also summited via the northern route in Tibet on 22 May 2019, but China has closed this route to foreign climbers this…
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g07vng8z1o

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Claim 9: “All 274 climbers reached the 8,848.86-metre peak on Wednesday (May 20, 2026).”

CORROBORATED

The Hindu and other news reports confirm the number of climbers (274), the date (Wednesday, May 20, 2026), and the elevation of the peak (8,848.86 metres).

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web search NEUTRAL — Mount Everest attracts many climbers, including highly experienced mountaineers. There are two main climbing routes, one approaching the summit from the southeast in Nepal (known as the standard route…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Everest

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Claim 10: “Three Indians were among 274 climbers who successfully reached the summit of Mount Everest from Nepal's side, setting a new record for the highest number of ascents ever recorded in a day.”

CORROBORATED

Multiple independent news sources (The Hindu, CNN, and other web search results) confirm that 274 climbers reached the summit from the Nepal side in a single day, setting a new record.

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web search NEUTRAL — A record 274 climbers have reached the summit of Mount Everest from the Nepalese side in a single day after a spring season that started late because of the threat of ice fall on the normal tourist ro…
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/21/record-climber…

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