Kathmandu, Nepal — Famed Sherpa guide Kami Rita reached the summit of Mount Everest for the 31st time Tuesday, breaking his own record for the most climbs to the top of the world's highest mountain.

Four British climbers pose on the summit of Mount Everest less than a week after leaving London, in one of the fastest ascents on record of the world's highest peak, in Nepal, Wednesday, May 21, 2025.

In his latest dispatch, our Everest reporter explains the crucial work done by rope-fixing teams. Plus, one climber’s global triathlon ends at Everest. The climbing season on Mount Everest is about to ...

AP’s team in Kathmandu typically relies on third-party visuals to cover the annual influx of climbers attempting to summit Mount Everest. But this year, photographer Niranjan Shrestha had a new idea: ...

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — A British climber who scaled Mount Everest for the 19th time, breaking his own record for the most ascents of the world’s highest peak by a non-Sherpa guide, returned from the ...

In the early hours of May 27, a Nepali Sherpa guide summited Mount Everest for the 31st time. Kami Rita, who goes by his first name, reached the top of the 29,032-foot-tall peak at around 4 a.m., ...

Ever year, several thousand hikers complete the trek to Mount Everest Base Camp. After completing the adventure, a small portion of them feel inspired to pursue an even greater challenge—climbing to ...

Fox News Senior Correspondent Mike Tobin has completed one of the riskiest feats in the world: climbing Mount Everest. Along with a team, Tobin hiked the mountain in the Himalayas, reaching the ...

KATHMANDU, Nepal — An expert mountain guide successfully put four of his clients on top of Mount Everest on Wednesday less than a week after they left London, one of the fastest ascents on record of ...

As a mountain guide, Kami Rita is following in the footsteps of his father. But he says he doesn't see much of a future in the industry for his son, as climate change makes the job more dangerous.