Nepali mountaineer Apa Sherpa has broken his own world record scaling the 8,850-metre summit of Mt. Everest for the 17th time. 47-years-old Apa reached the 8,850-metre (29,035-foot) summit of Mount Everest by the South Col route.
Apa was accompanied by six members of the Super Sherpa team that is making a documentary on sherpas, who are famed for their climbing skills. The climbers spent 20 minutes at the summit filming for the documentary.
Five other high-altitude worker Sherpas also scaled the peak with the magic duo, dubbed Super Sherpas. The expedition aimed to raise money for better education and health care for children of the community living at the foothills of the mountain.
The other members of the expedition include Pasang Geljen Sherpa, 21, Arita Sherpa, 47, Ang Pasang Sherpa, 39, Pemba Rinji Sherpa, 36, and Mingma Tsering Sherpa, 25.
Appa had scaled the Everest for the first time in 1989. Lhakpa Gelu Sherpa, 39, who climbed with Apa for his 13th ascent, holds the record for the second highest number of climbs.
Source: Gadling
