Nepal’s mountaineer Kami Rita Sherpa has set a new record by successfully summiting the Mount Everest peak for the 23^rd time on May 14, 2019.

With the latest expedition, Kami Rita rose to records as the first person to have climbed Everest peak for the highest number of times.

Kami Rita was one among the 8 climbers who scaled the Everest peak on the day, opening trekking route to Everest for Spring 2019.

“It has been difficult this year and we were getting worried. But the weather finally improved for the eight to reach the top,” says Iswari Paudel of Himalayan Guides Nepal.

According to Paudel, many other teams are preparing to scale the peak in the coming days.

Nepal Government has issued a record number of 378 permits (of cost USD 11,000 per head) to mountaineers to climb the Mount Everest in this Spring 2019.

And, a Nepali guide has been assigned, who will be showing the path to 750 climbers to the top of the 8,850-metre (29,035-foot) peak in the coming weeks.

According to reports, an additional 140 members are planning for Mt Everest trek via the northern route from Tibet.

2018 saw a total of 807 climbers, with 563 people scaling from the south and 244 from the northern flank in Tibet.

Adverse conditions challenge climbers every time, and the last year saw the death of 5 climbers including an experienced Sherpa guide.

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One such incident recently happened on the country’s Mount Gurja!

A heavy snowstorm followed by a massive landslide hit the base camp of Mt. Gurja claiming lives of nine climbers including five South Koreans and four Nepali guides.

Surprisingly, the veteran trekker Kim Chang-ho known for his record of climbing 14 of the world’s highest mountains was also among them!

The accident was reported to have happened on October 11-12, 2018, informed Suraj Paudyal, an official associated with a helicopter company that was involved in rescue operation to bring back the dead.

 “A massive block of ice, probably 100 metres (330 ft) tall, likely fell from the mountain along a gorge, sending strong winds that hit the camp, threw the climbers off a cliff edge and into a ravine. Some bodies were by the side of a cliff, while others lay in the ravine,” reads Paudyal’s statement.

Though the nearby villagers spotted the dead on October 13, 2018, bad weather conditions did not allow rescuers.

Finally, the rescuers brought eight of the dead to Kathmandu on October 15, 2018, leaving one at the disaster site.

The trekking team was led by Chang-Ho, who is known for his record as the fastest climber to summit world’s 14 highest mountains above 8000 meters without supplemental oxygen.

Meanwhile, another team of French, Canadian and Swiss climbers led by Nepali mountaineer Rajan Bhote had already left for the base camp to scale Gurja West (6,465 mt.).

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