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Sherpa breaks record with 27th Mount Everest summit

Headline from WHDH Boston, from the development of May 17, 2023

Newest development May 17, 2023 · 4 reportsNepali mountaineer climbs Everest for record 27th time

(CNN) — A Nepali Sherpa has reached the top of Everest for the 27th time, breaking the world record for total number of summits of the...

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Developments in this update

3 dated developments, oldest first, newest marked. Each is named by one outlet's own headline; open its reports to see every outlet that covered it.

  1. Sherpa climbs Everest 26th time, matching record set by fellow Nepalese guide

    Headline from News West 9 ·

  2. Names this update

    Sherpa breaks record with 27th Mount Everest summit

    Headline from WHDH Boston ·

  3. Newest

    Nepali mountaineer climbs Everest for record 27th time

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18 articles, oldest first.

  1. Washington Times

    Sherpa climbs Everest 26th time, matching record set by fellow Nepalese guide (opens Washington Times)

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    Washington Times's feed description

    A Sherpa guide scaled Mount Everest on Sunday for the 26th time, matching the record set by a fellow Nepalese guide for the most ascents of the world’s highest peak.

  2. NPR

    A Sherpa guide has scaled Mount Everest for the 26th time, tying the all-time record (opens NPR)

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    NPR's feed description

    Pasang Dawa Sherpa reached the summit of the world's highest peak on Sunday for the 26th time. Since making his first successful of climb of the peak in 1998, Dawa has made the trip almost every year.

  3. Deutsche Welle

    Sherpa becomes 2nd person to scale Everest 26 times – DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    Deutsche Welle's feed description

    A Nepali Sherpa guide has climbed Mount Everest for the 26th time, becoming only the second person in the world to accomplish the feat. However, the record is expected to be broken soon.

  4. Al Jazeera

    Nepali Sherpa becomes second person to scale Everest 26 times (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Al Jazeera's feed description

    Pasang Dawa reached the top with a Hungarian client atop the 8,849-metre (29,032-foot) peak.

  5. CNN

    Nepali Sherpa ties Mount Everest climbing record (opens CNN)

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    CNN's feed description

    A Nepali sherpa guide climbed Mount Everest for the 26th time on Sunday, hiking officials said, becoming the world's second person to achieve the feat.

  6. Foxla

    Sherpa guide climbs Mount Everest for 26th time, tying all-time record (opens Foxla)

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    Foxla's feed description

    Pasang Dawa Sherpa reached the summit on Sunday morning, matching the record set by a fellow Nepalese guide for the most ascents of the world’s highest peak.

  7. France 24

    Nepali mountaineer climbs Everest for record 27th time (opens France 24)

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    France 24's feed description

    Nepali climber Kami Rita Sherpa reached the top of Mount Everest for the 27th time on Wednesday, reclaiming the record for the most summits of the world's highest mountain.

  8. The Guardian

    Nepali sherpa scales summit of Mount Everest for record 27th time (opens The Guardian)

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    The Guardian's feed description

    ‘Strong climber’ Kami Rita Sherpa beats own record for number of ascents on world’s highest mountain

  9. Deutsche Welle

    Mount Everest: Nepali sherpa sets record with 27th climb – DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    Deutsche Welle's feed description

    Kami Rita Sherpa has scaled the summit of the world's highest mountain almost every year since 1994. On the same day, however, a Moldovan climber became the fifth fatality on Everest this year.

  10. WHDH Boston

    Sherpa breaks record with 27th Mount Everest summit (opens WHDH Boston)

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    WHDH Boston's feed description

    (CNN) — A Nepali Sherpa has reached the top of Everest for the 27th time, breaking the world record for total number of summits of the...

  11. Al Jazeera

    ‘Everest Man’ Kami Rita Sherpa reclaims record with 27th summit (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Al Jazeera's feed description

    Kami Rita reclaims record after another Nepalese Sherpa tied it by reaching Himalayan peak for the 26th time on Sunday.

  12. NBC News

    ‘Very strong’ Nepali sherpa sets Everest record with 27th ascent (opens NBC News)

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    NBC News's feed description

    Kami Rita Sherpa, 53, scaled the mountain early in the morning along the traditional southeast ridge route, guiding a foreign climber.

  13. Fox News

    Nepal Sherpa guide sets record for most climbs of Mount Everest with 27 (opens Fox News)

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    Fox News's feed description

    Nepal Sherpa guide Kami Rita reached the 29,032-foot summit of Mount Everest, the world’s tallest mountain, for a record 27th time on Wednesday.

Identical headlines usually mean shared wire copy. They are counted as separate articles but are not independent confirmation.

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