Nepali climber Kami Rita Sherpa, 55, dubbed ‘Everest Man’, reached the peak of the world’s highest mountain for a record 31st time on Tuesday, more than three decades after his first summit when he first stood on the top of Mount Everest in 1994 while working for a commercial expedition.

ar since, guidHe has climbed Everest almost every yeing clients. Sherpa said that he was “just working”. “I am glad for the record, but records are eventually broken,” he said after his 30th summit in May 2024.