(20 May 2018) A veteran Sherpa guide who scaled Mount Everest for a record 22nd time this past week has returned from the mountain and said he was already planning his next trip.
Kami Rita flew back to Kathmandu by helicopter on Sunday, saying he was not ready to retire and plans to continue to be a guide on Everest next year.
Friends and supporters welcomed the 48-year-old at Kathmandu's airport with bouquets and traditional ceremonial scarves.
Two other Sherpa guides have climbed Everest 21 times, and both have already retired.
Rita first scaled the world's highest peak at age 24 and has made the climb to the 8,850-metre (29,035-foot) summit almost every year since then.
Some 340 foreign climbers and many Nepalese Sherpa guides are attempting to climb Everest this month.
On Saturday, the Australian climber who became the fastest to scale the highest peaks on all seven continents returned safely from Mount Everest .
Steve Plain said he has no immediate plans for any new adventures and was looking forward to spending time with his family.
The 36-year-old scaled Mount Everest earlier in the week, completing his mission to scale the seven summits in 117 days.
Plain, from Perth, began his mission by climbing Mount Vinson in Antarctica on 16 January.
He followed that with Mount Aconcagua in South America, Mount Kilimanjaro in Africa, Mount Carstensz Pyramid in Papua New Guinea, which covers Australia and Oceania, Mount Elbrus in Europe and Mount Denali in North America.
He said even though Everest is the world's highest peak, it was not the most difficult to climb because he had strong support from Sherpa guides.
A surfing accident in 2014 left Plain with multiple injuries, but he recovered to continue mountain climbing.
Polish climber Janusz Kochanski held the previous record for climbing the seven peaks, doing it in 126 days last year.
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