He has been on top of the world more times than anyone else.
Naperville teen Lucy Westlake recently set the record as the youngest American woman to summit Mount Everest.A Nepali Sherpa has reached the top of Everest for the 27th time, breaking the world record for total number of summits of the world's tallest, and one of its deadliest, mountains.
"We are very happy to know that this morning at 8:30 a.m., Kami Rita successfully summitted Mount Everest along with a foreign climber," said Mingwa Sherpa, chairman of Seven Summit Treks.Kami was already a record holder after achieving a world-beating 26th climb of Everest last year.
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