Record 274 climbers scale Mount Everest in a single day from Nepali side
Officials said clear weather and 494 permits helped drive the surge, while Chinese authorities kept the Tibetan route closed.
- Hundreds of climbers scaled Mount Everest on Wednesday, setting a new record of 274 successful ascents via the Nepal route, officials said.
- Rishi Ram Bhandari of the Expedition Operators Association Nepal said climbers took advantage of clear weather, though the season began late due to serac risks.
- Earlier this week, veteran mountain guide Kami Rita Sherpa scaled the peak for the 32nd time, breaking his own record, while Lakpa Sherpa reached the summit for the 11th time.
- Chinese authorities have closed the route from Tibet this year, concentrating climbing activity on the Nepal side as around 494 climbers attempt the 8,850-meter peak.
- Thousands of people have climbed Mount Everest since New Zealander Edmund Hillary and Sherpa guide Tenzing Norgay first reached the summit on May 29, 1953.
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A record 274 people climbed Mount Everest in a single day on Wednesday, taking advantage of favorable weather conditions after a late start to the spring season due to a large chunk of glacier blocking the climbing route. Among the climbers was Russian Rustam Nabiyev, a double-leg amputee who reached the summit without the use of prosthetics on Thursday.
Within a single day, 274 mountaineers reached the south side of Mount Everest – setting a new record.
These successful ascents took place along the popular route of the southern slope of the peak in Nepal.
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