Nepali breaks world record with 31st summit of Mount Everest | Mount Everest News

Kami Rita, a 55-year-old Sherpa known as “Everest Man”, first climbed the world’s highest mountain in 1994.

A 55-year-old Nepali man has broken his own world record for climbing Mount Everest, summiting Earth’s highest mountain for the 31st time.

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.

Officials said he reached the summit via the southeast ridge route, while…