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Sherpa sets Everest record
16/05/2007 08:10 - (SA)
Kathmandu - A Nepali mountaineer broke his own world record on Wednesday by summitting Mount Everest, the world's highest peak, for a staggering 17th time.
"Despite bad weather, Appa Sherpa and seven others from his team reached the top of Everest at 04:00 SA time," the president of the Nepal Mountaineering Association, Ang Tsering Sherpa, said.
The mountaineers stayed at the summit of the 8 848m peak for around 15 minutes before beginning their descent, he said.
Appa Sherpa is leading a team of seven "Super Sherpas" and one foreign climber who were scaling Everest to highlight the role of local mountain guides.
First scaled in 1953 by Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary, the peak has now been summitted 3 067 times, the Nepal Mountaineering Association said.
- AFP
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