who holds the record for most everest summits
Kami Rita Phurba Tashi Sherpa Apa Sherpa Phurba Tashi Kami Rita Sherpa
title: Kami Rita Sherpa text: Kami Rita Sherpa Kami Rita Sherpa born 1970 is a Nepali Sherpa guide who achieved the record for most ascents to the summit of Mount Everest after reaching it for a 22nd time in May 2018 at the age of 48. His father was one of the first professional Sherpa guides. In 2017, Kami was the third person to ascend to the summit of Everest 21 times along with Apa Sherpa and Phurba Tashi Sherpa. In May 2018, Kami Sherpa became the first person in the world to climb Mount Everest 22 times. He holds the record of the most title: Ed Viesturs text: Ed Viesturs Edmund Viesturs (born June 22, 1959) is a high-altitude mountaineer and corporate speaker. He is the only American to have climbed all 14 of the world's eight-thousander mountain peaks, and the fifth person to do so without using supplemental oxygen. Along with Apa Sherpa, he has summitted peaks of over 8,000 meters on 21 occasions, including Mount Everest seven times; only four other climbers, Phurba Tashi Sherpa Mendewa, Juanito Oiarzabal, Namgyal Sherpa, and Ang Dorje Sherpa, have more high-altitude ascents. Viesturs took part in the 1996 IMAX filming of "Everest" shortly after the 1996 Mount Everest disaster, which title: Mount Everest text: By 11 May 2016 the lines were fixed on the south side of Everest, after which several hundred climbers would make it up in the critical weather windows. Alan Arnette published his Everest report by year end, based on results for the now 93-year-old Elizabeth Hawley, which were released in December 2016. For 2016 her records indicate 641 made it to the summit early 2016. On 11 May 2016, nine Sherpas summited Mount Everest. The next day another six persons reached the top. These were the first summitings since 2014, when 106 made it to the top. By 13 May, title: Mount Everest text: make it to the summit of Mount Everest 21 times. The season had a tragic start with the death of famous climber Ueli Steck of Switzerland, who died from a fall during a warm-up climb. There was a continued discussion about the nature of possible changes to the Hillary Step. Total summiters for 2017 was tallied up to be 648. 449 summited via Nepal (from the South) and 120 from Chinese Tibet (North side). Famous Himalayan record keeper Elizabeth Hawley died in late January 2018. In 2018, Nepal may re-measure the height of Mount Everest, which is typically recognized as title: Ang Rita text: via the Southeast ridge route. His last summit occurred 12 days following the second deadliest disaster in Everest history, supporting Swedish climber Göran Kropp on the same day as the David Breashears IMAX expedition crew. Ang Rita Ang Rita aka Angrita Sherpa () is a mountain climber who has climbed Mount Everest ten times without the use of supplemental oxygen, and is thus known as "The Snow Leopard". When he made his sixth climb of Everest in 1990 he set the world record for the most number of successful ascents, eventually reaching 10 in 1996. He is a Sherpa born