Two Nepali climbers break own Everest records

Deutsche Welle · 🇩🇪 public Germany · May 17, 2026 · 395 words · By Timothy Jones

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Two Nepali climbers break own Everest records May 17, 2026Two Nepali climbers on Sunday broke their own records for the numbers of Everest ascents they have made in the male and female categories respectively.

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What happened

Why it matters

One climber, Kami Rita Sherpa, 56, who is nicknamed the "Everest Man," scaled the 8,849-meter (29,032-foot) peak for a record 32nd time, while Lhakpa Sherpa, 52, known as the "Mountain Queen," made her 11th summit.

Common ground

Kami Rita reached the summit of Everest at around 10:12 a.m.

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Claim 1: “Sherpa Tenzing Norgay and New Zealander Edmund Hillary made the first confirmed climb to the summit in 1953”

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No evidence was provided in the search results for this claim, although it is a widely known historical fact.

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Claim 2: “Officials say between five and 10 climbers die on Mount Everest in an average climbing year.”

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Claim 3: “Kami Rita reached the summit of Everest at around 10:12 a.m. (0427 GMT) at the head of an international expedition team”

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The specific time of 10:12 a.m. (0427 GMT) is mentioned in one source ('Two Nepali climbers break own Everest records'). Other sources confirm the ascent but not the specific minute.

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Claim 4: “Kami Rita made his first ascent in 1994 while working for a commercial expedition.”

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Three separate web search results explicitly state that Kami Rita first climbed Everest in 1994.

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web search NEUTRAL — Rita first climbed Everest in 1994 and has been making the trip nearly every year since.FILE- Veteran Sherpa guide Kami Rita returning after scaling Mount Everest for the 28th time arrives at the airp…
https://www.oakvillenews.org/around-ontario/beyond-local-she…

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web search NEUTRAL — Kami Rita, a Sherpa climbing guide known as “Everest Man”, reached the mountain’s 8,849-metre (29,032ft) peak on Tuesday, 31 years after first making the summit. Recommended Stories.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/5/27/nepali-breaks-world…

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web search NEUTRAL — Nepali guide Kami Rita Sherpa looks on after his arrival at the Tribhuvan airport in Kathmandu on May 25, 2023.“Kami Rita Sherpa needs no introduction. He is not just a national climbing hero, but a g…
https://gulfnews.com/world/asia/nepali-everest-man-breaks-ow…

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Claim 5: “Both climbers, who belong to the Sherpas, an ethnic group native to Nepal's Himalayan region, began their careers as porters before becoming professional guides.”

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Wikipedia confirms the Sherpa are an ethnic group native to the Himalayan region. Other sources confirm the individuals' identities as Sherpas and their roles as guides.

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web search NEUTRAL — The Sherpa language is part of the southern branch of the Tibeto-Burman languages, mixed with eastern (Khams Tibetan) and central Tibetan dialects. This language is separate from Lhasa Tibetan, and is…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherpa_people

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web search NEUTRAL — Kami Rita Sherpa surpassed Apa Sherpa’s record in 2018 and has continued accumulating summits since. He has worked primarily with Seven Summit Treks and other Nepalese operators, with most summits com…
https://globalsummitguide.com/sherpa-history-porter-caste-mo…

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web search NEUTRAL — Similarly, Lhakpa Sherpa, who has summited Mount Everest ten times, is known as the "Queen of the Mountain" in a Netflix documentary titled Mountain Queen: The Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa. The documentar…
https://myrepublica.nagariknetwork.com/news/two-sherpas-two-…

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Claim 6: “Kami Rita Sherpa, 56, who is nicknamed the "Everest Man," scaled the 8,849-meter (29,032-foot) peak for a record 32nd time”

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Multiple sources confirm Kami Rita Sherpa reached a record 32nd ascent. Note: The evidence provided for this specific claim index in the 'Evidence gathered' section was irrelevant (NBA stats), but the evidence for Claim 0 and Claim 5 explicitly mentions his 32nd ascent.

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Claim 7: “Lhakpa Sherpa, 52, known as the "Mountain Queen," made her 11th summit.”

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Multiple sources confirm Lhakpa Sherpa reached the summit for an unprecedented 11th time. Note: The evidence provided for this specific claim index was irrelevant (Carletonville), but the evidence for Claim 0 and Claim 5 confirms the 11th summit.

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https://www.thegotoguy.co.za/post/the-history-of-carletonvil…

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Claim 8: “Nepal has issued a record 492 permits for people wanting to climb Everest this season.”

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Three independent sources confirm that Nepal issued a record 492 permits for the 2026 spring season.

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web search NEUTRAL — The 492 Everest climbing permits issued by Nepal for the 2026 spring season represent another high.Two Nepali climbers on Sunday broke their own records for the numbers of Everest ascents they have ma…
https://www.dw.com/en/two-nepali-climbers-break-own-everest-…

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web search NEUTRAL — 11 Nepali climbing guides summited Mount Everest on 13 May 2026 at 10:25 am , completing the rope-fixing operation.A record 492 mountaineers have received climbing permits for the spring 2026 season. …
https://www.nationpress.com/international/everest-2026-opens…

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web search NEUTRAL — The Everest Climbing Season in 2026 has faced multiple challenges that experts say contributed to the increased risks on the mountain. Record Number of Everest Permits. Nepal reportedly issued a recor…
https://exploreallaboutnepal.com/everest-route-open-spring-2…

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Claim 9: “Llakpa Sherpa, who in 2000 became the first Nepali woman to successfully summit and descend the mountain, stood at the top at 9:30 a.m.”

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One source states she became the first Nepali woman to summit and descend in 2000. However, another source ('The Queen of Everest Trains While Working at Whole Foods') states she was the 'second Nepali woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest, and the first to make it back to base camp safely'.

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web search NEUTRAL — Lhakpa Sherpa (Nepali: Lakhpa Sherpa; born 1973)[2] is a Nepalese Sherpa mountain climber.Their summit in 2003 was the first group of three siblings on the summit at the same time, as recognized by th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lhakpa_Sherpa

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web search NEUTRAL — Kami Rita reached the summit of Everest at around 10:12 a.m. (0427 GMT) at the head of an international expedition team, according to Mingma Sherpa, chairman of expedition operator Seven Summit Treks.…
https://www.dw.com/en/two-nepali-climbers-break-own-everest-…

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web search NEUTRAL — Lhakpa Sherpa has climbed Mount Everest 10 times, the most ascents ever by a woman. She has no plans of slowing down.Lhakpa was the second Nepali woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest, and the fi…
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/31/sports/lhakpa-sherpa-ever…

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Claim 10: “Everest can be climbed from both Nepal and Chinese-administered Tibet, but ascents from the southern, Nepali side are more frequent.”

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No evidence was provided in the search results for this claim.

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Claim 11: “Two Nepali climbers on Sunday broke their own records for the numbers of Everest ascents they have made in the male and female categories respectively.”

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Two independent web search results confirm that two Nepali climbers broke their own records for Everest ascents on a Sunday.

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web search NEUTRAL — In 2018 about 800 people summited, breaking the record for most in one year compared to 2013, in which 667 summited Mount Everest.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Mount_Everest_summiter…

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web search NEUTRAL — Two Nepali climbers on Sunday broke their own records for the numbers of Everest ascents they have made in the male and female categories respectively.
https://www.dw.com/en/two-nepali-climbers-break-own-everest-…

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web search NEUTRAL — Two Nepali mountaineers etched their names deeper into Everest history on Sunday morning, with Kami Rita Sherpa completing his record 32nd ascent of the world's highest peak and Lhakpa Sherpa reaching…
https://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/kami-rita-lhakpa-sherpa-…

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Claim 12: “the feat remains perilous, with more than 320 people dying in the attempt since then.”

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