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(AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha) Kami Rita Sherpa, third left, who holds the record for most ascents to Mount Everest, prays with other mountaineers at Everest Base Camp before beginning his ascent to ...

Kami Rita has been scaling the world's tallest mountain since 1994. He reaches the summit nearly every year—and sometimes ...

According to Nepal's Department of Mountaineering, 468 foreign climbers from 57 countries were given permits to climb Everest, along with about an equal number of Nepalese mountain guides.

Though several climbers did manage to reach the summit in mid-May, weather conditions deteriorated for days, forcing a retreat to base camp for many, including Kami Rita Sherpa, who was attempting ...