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Renowned Sherpa mountain guide Kami Rita who has climbed Mount Everest 30 times vows to return again next year

2024-05-24 /

Kami Rita first summitted Everest in 1994. He has scaled Earth’s highest mountain nearly every year since. Sometimes twice in the same climbing season.

Binaj Gurubacharya, writing for the Associated Press, reporting from Kathmandu, Nepal ยป

Renowned Sherpa mountain guide Kami Rita was back from Mount Everest on Friday after his record 30th ascent of the world’s highest peak, vowing to return to the mountain again next year,

The 54-year-old guide had scaled the 8,849-meter (29,032-foot) peak earlier this week, his second time this month, breaking his own record for the most successful climb of the peak.

โ€œI will continue climbing and will be back again next year and for at least one or two more years,โ€ Kami Rita told reporters on arrival at the airport in Kathmandu, Nepal’s capital.

Sherpa guide Kami Rita scales Mount Everest for a record 28th time

2023-05-23 /

Binaj Gurubacharya, writing in Associated Press ยป

Veteran Sherpa guide Kami Rita has scaled Mount Everest for the 28th time Tuesday, beating his own record less than a week after setting it, as two guides compete with each other for the title of most climbs of the worldโ€™s highest peak.

Kami Rita, considered one of the greatest mountain guides, reached the 8,849-meter (29,032-foot) summit at 9:20 a.m. local time Tuesday, according to expedition organizer Seven Summits Treks.

His latest climb comes a day after fellow Sherpa guide Pasang Dawa matched his record of 27 trips to the summit.

Explore! releases their list of the 35 best hikes in the world that almost anyone can do

2023-05-12 /

Explore Worldwide, an “adventure travel” agency, has put together a list of 35 of the best hikes in the world that almost anyone can do, from short jaunts you can do in less than an hour to longer, multi-day itineraries ยป

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The most populated countries in the world

2023-04-19 /

On 15 November 2022, the worldโ€™s population surpassed 8 billion people.

Earth’s population continues to explode ยป from 1 billion in 1820 to 2 billion in 1930, to 3 billion in 1960, to 4 billion in 1974, to 5 billion in 1987, to 6 billion in 1999, to 7 billion in 2012, and 8 billion in 2022.

Following are the 50 most populated countries using the latest figures available ยป

  1. India ยป 1,425,000,000 (April 2023)
  2. China ยป 1,413,143,000
  3. United States ยป 339,665,000
  4. Indonesia ยป 279,476,000
  5. Pakistan ยป 247,654,000
  6. Nigeria ยป 230,843,000
  7. Brazil ยป 218,690,000
  8. Bangladesh ยป 167,184,000
  9. Russia ยป 141,699,000
  10. Mexico ยป 129,876,000
  11. Japan ยป 123,719,000
  12. Ethiopia ยป 116,463,000
  13. Philippines ยป 116,434,000
  14. Democratic Republic of the Congo ยป 111,860,000
  15. Egypt ยป 109,547,000
  16. Vietnam ยป 104,799,000
  17. Iran ยป 87,591,000
  18. Germany ยป 84,220,000
  19. Turkiye ยป 83,594,000
  20. Thailand ยป 69,795,000
  21. France ยป 68,522,000
  22. United Kingdom ยป 68,139,000
  23. Tanzania ยป 65,643,000
  24. Italy ยป 61,022,000
  25. South Africa ยป 58,048,000
  26. Myanmarย ยป 57,970,000
  27. Kenya ยป 57,052,000
  28. South Korea ยป 51,967,000
  29. Colombia ยป 49,337,000
  30. Sudan ยป 49,18,000
  31. Uganda ยป 47,730,000
  32. Spain ยป 47,223,000
  33. Argentina ยป 46,622,000
  34. Algeria ยป 44,758,000
  35. Ukraine ยป 43,306,000
  36. Iraq ยป 41,266,000
  37. Afghanistan ยป 39,232,000
  38. Canada ยป 38,517,000
  39. Poland ยป 37,992,000
  40. Morocco ยป 37,067,000
  41. Angola ยป 35,981,000
  42. Saudi Arabia ยป 35,940,000
  43. Malaysia ยป 34,220,000
  44. Ghana ยป 33,846,000
  45. Mozambique ยป 32,514,000
  46. Peru ยป 32,440,000
  47. Yemen ยป 31,566,000
  48. Uzbekistan ยป 31,361,000
  49. Nepal ยป 30,899,000
  50. Venezuela ยป 30,518,000

52 year-old Nepali mountaineer Kami Rita Sherpa has climbed Mount Everest for the 26th time, breaking his own world record โ€” again

2022-05-09 /

On Saturday, 52-year-old Nepali mountaineer Kami Rita Sherpa summited Mount Everest for the 26th time, breaking his own world record of 25 ascents of the world’s tallest mountain, which he set in May of last year.

He has now broken the record for summiting Everest five times in four years.


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NPR ยป

With more than 35 years of mountaineering experience, Kami Rita is a world-renowned climber. He first set the record for Everest summits at 22 in May 2018, after having shared the 21-summit record with two other climbers.

He broke that the following year when he conquered Everest a 23rd time on May 15, 2019, according to Guinness World Records. Kami Rita broke his own record six days later with his 24th summit.

The most expensive mountains to climb in the world

2021-07-30 /
Mount Everest

Mount Everest

To compile the list of the most expensive mountains to climb, Outforia looked at everything from the cost of joining a guided climbing group, acquiring the necessary permits, the required equipment, to guides and sherpas to hire.

Carl Borg, Outforia ยป

Scaling the highest peaks in the world requires a combination ofย hiking, rock climbing, ice climbing, and cold endurance, which naturally makes it quite a niche activity. You need to be mentally and physically ready, have expert skills and equipment, be experienced and aware of the dangers, as well as being able to fund your trip.

As there is so much preparation and equipment involved in tackling these daunting climbs, they can cost eye-watering sums in total. Youโ€™ll likely be going as part of a guided group, led by someone who is familiar with the mountain and has completed the climb multiple times before.

The top 10 most expensive climbs in the world (US$)

  1. Mount Everest, Nepal ยป 29,032 ft ยป : $84,123
  2. Mount Vinson, Antarctica ยป 16,067 ft ยป $46,618
  3. Cho Oyu, Tibet ยป 29,906 ยป $33,703
  4. Puncak Jaya, Indonesia ยป 16,023 ยป $27,449
  5. Denali, United States ยป 20,310 ยป $12,086
  6. Monte San Lorenzo, Argentina ยป 12,159 ยป $9,095
  7. Mera Peak, Nepal ยป 21,247 ยป $9,000
  8. The Eiger, Switzerland ยป 13,025 ยป $8,462
  9. Aconcagua, Argentina ยป22,841 ยป $8,395
  10. The Matterhorn, Switzerland ยป 14,692 ยป $8,212

74-year old Rosie Swale Pope restarts her 8,500km run from England to Kathmandu

2021-07-02 /

On June 25th, 2021, at 12 noon, the exuberant 74-year old Rosie Swale Pope restarted her 8,500km run from Brighton, England to Kathmandu, Nepal.

In July 2018, Rosieย  started her 8,500km run that would have taken her through 18 countries. But for pandemic, she was ordered to stop her run in Turkey.

Rosie has remained determined to reach Nepal, but instead of continuing on from Turkey, she has restarted from the UK and is taking a different route in an effort to reach Katmandu and raising funds for the “charity PHASE Worldwide who work with remote Nepalese communities.”

Rosie previously ran around the world from 2003 to 2008.

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