A Swiss and an American climber have died on Mount Everest, hiking company officials said on Thursday, the first fatalities on the world’s highest peak this season.
Nepali guide creates world record by climbing Everest twice
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Kathmandu, May 13 : Mingma Tenji Sherpa, a Nepali mountain guide, has created a world record by scaling Mt. Everest, the world s highest peak, twice in the shortest span of time in a season, organisers said on Thursday.
Sherpa first reached the top of the mountain in the evening of May 7 as a member of a rope-fixing team, and then performed the feat again on the morning of May 11, while guiding an expedition team consisting of Bahraini Prince Sheikh Mohammed Hamad Mohammed Al Khalifa, according to the company which organised both expeditions.
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