'Super Sherpa' completes 21st Everest ascent
Apa Sherpa
A 51-year-old Nepalese climber scaled Mount Everest for the 21st time yesterday, extending his own record for the number of successful summits on the world's highest mountain, a spokesman said.
Apa Sherpa reached the peak at 9:15am local time yesterday morning.
The climber, dubbed the "Super Sherpa" for the apparent ease with which he climbs the mountain, dedicated his latest expedition to the impact of climate change on the Himalayas.
His success comes after tragedy earlier this week when 82-year-old former Nepalese foreign minister Shailendra Kumar Upadhyaya died in his attempt to become the oldest person to climb the mountain.
Around 3,000 people have made it to the top of Everest since Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay became the first to conquer the 8,848-metre peak in 1953.
His first expedition to the top of the mountain was more than 20 years ago in 1990.
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