Kami Rita's company said in a statement he had "dedicated his life to mountaineering and has become synonymous with the world's highest peak". "Very inspirational to see a local climber continue pushing the limits on Mount Everest," Madison told Reuters by telephone from Everest's base camp, where he is preparing for a 13th ascent. Garrett Madison of the U.S.-based Madison Mountaineering company, who has climbed Everest 12 times, five of them with Kami Rita, described him as a "very strong climber". Kami Rita, who refers to himself by his first names, scaled Everest for the first time in 1994 and has climbed it almost every year since then, except in 2014, 20, when climbing was halted for various reasons. For now it's 100% confirmed that Kami Rita scaled for the 27th time,” Guragai said. (0245 GMT) along with the foreign climber. Thaneswar Guragai, general manager of the Seven Summit Treks, for which Kami Rita works, said he got to the summit at 8.30 a.m. "Cool is now descending after guiding his own private client," Paudel said. Separately, Ishwari Paudel of the Himalayan Guides company said British climber Kenton Cool, 49, made his 17th ascent of the mountain on Wednesday, the most by any foreign climber. "Yes, Kami Rita climbed Sagarmatha for the 27th time," said Department of Tourism official Bigyan Koirala, referring to the mountain by its Nepali name. Kami Rita Sherpa, 53, scaled the 8,849 metre (29,032-foot) mountain early in the morning along the traditional southeast ridge route, guiding a foreign climber. KATHMANDU, May 17 (Reuters) - A Nepali sherpa scaled Mount Everest for a record 27th time on Wednesday, beating his own record, a government official and his hiking company said.
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