Kamirita Sherpa scales Everest for record 25th time

KATHMANDU, May 8: Kamirita Sherpa has scaled Sagarmatha (Mt Everest) for the record 25th time.

According to Mira Acharya, Director at the Department of Tourism, Kamirita climbed the world’s highest peak  on Wednesday for this record summit.  Acharya also shared that the team of 12 Ice-fall Doctors led by Kamirita Sherpa reached the top of the highest mountain in the world.

She said that the successful ascent of the 8,848.86 metres mountain by Kamirita and his rope-fixing team has given a positive message that mountaineering in Nepal was safe in such distressful time due to COVID-19..

Those in the rope-fixing team who climbed Sagarmatha along with Kamirita are Tenzing Sherpa, Mingma Tenzing Sherpa, Mingma Dorje Sherpa, Furtenzi Sherpa, Lhakpa Norbu Sherpa, Phurba Tshering Sherpa, Tsheten Dorje Sherpa and Tenzing Gyalzen Sherpa and Phurba Kusnga Sherpa.

With the rope-fixing team paving their path to from the base camp to the summit of the Sagarmatha, climbers acclimatizing in various camps of the Sagarmatha and waiting for the fair-weather window for summit bid, have got door to summit open, added Acharya. 

Acharya congratulated Kamirita and his team and informed them about the first summit of the Sagarmatha for this spring season. The government had halted all mountaineering and other adventurous activities in the last spring due to the outbreak of Covid-19.

This year, the government permitted mountaineering provided the aspiring climbers produce their PCR test reports which show that they had not contracted Covid-19. The government also put in place mechanisms to oversee that the aspiring mountaineers adhere to health safety protocols against Coronavirus infection. 

This year, the Department has issued an expedition permit for 408 climbers (93 female and 315 male) from 43 groups which has fetched over Rs 660 million in royalties for the government of Nepal, the Department said.