Jakarta –
Once again, climbers from Nepal and England have succeeded in making history on Mount Everest. They broke the record for most climbs to the top of the world.
Collect CNN, on Tuesday (14/5/2024), Rakesh Gurung, director of the Nepal Tourism Department, said that the record was set by Kenton Cool (50) from England and guide from Nepal, Kami Rita Sherpa (54). They climbed the summit as high as 8,849 meters above sea level for the 18th and 29th time.
They went on separate journeys. Kudos to Cool and Kami Rita.
“He just kept going and going, man!” said Garrett Madison, a representative of the tour organization company based in the United States, Madison Mountaineering, praising Kami Rita.
Madison joined Kami Rita to climb the summits of Everest, Lhotse, and K2 in 2014. K2, located in Pakistan, is the second highest mountain in the world and Lhotse in Nepal is the fourth. highest.
Lukas Furtenbach of Austrian tour operator Furtenbach Adventures offered a recommendation for Cool. It was an amazing achievement.
“He was a fundamental part of the Everest scouting business. Kenton Cool was an institution,” said Furtenbach, who led the Chinese side of the expedition.
Both climbers used the Southeast Ridge route to the summit. Started by the first climbers, Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay from New Zealand in 1953, the route became the most popular route to the summit of Everest.
Kami Rita first climbed Everest in 1994 and has done so almost every year since. He was only off for three years when the authorities closed the mountain for various reasons.
He even climbed the mountain twice last year. Mountaineering is a major tourism activity and source of income and employment for Nepal, home to eight of the world’s 14 highest peaks, including Everest.
Nepal has issued 414 permits, each costing USD 11,000 (Rp. 177 million) to climbers for the climbing season that ends this month.
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2024-05-13 23:07:22
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