The mountaineer is among the first climbers to scale Everest's new summit height, almost a metre higher than previously recorded Nepali mountaineer Kami Rita Sherpa poses at the Everest base camp in the Mount Everest region of Solukhumbu district. AFP Nepalese veteran Sherpa guide Kami Rita scaled Mount Everest on Friday for the 25th time, breaking his own record for the most successful ascents of the world’s highest peak. AP Photo Light illuminates Mount Everest at sunset. Reuters Kami Rita performs a ritual at the Everest base camp in the Mount Everest region of Solukhumbu district. AFP Kami Rita, 51, holds the Guinness World Record for the most summits of the highest mountain in the world. AFP