55-year-old Kami Rita Sherpa breaks his own record: climbing Mount Everest 31 times
- Posted on May 27, 2025
- By NPR
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55-year-old Kami Rita Sherpa breaks his own record: climbing Mount Everest 31 times

Lumping his 31 feats together, Kami Rita Sherpa has climbed nearly 90,000 feet above sea level on the famous peak — about 170.5 miles above sea level, or equivalent to Earth's upper atmosphere.