A Nepalese teenager has broken the world record for the youngest mountaineer to summit Earth’s 14 highest peaks.
Nima Rinji Sherpa, 18, stood atop Tibet’s Mount Shishapangma at about 06:05 local time on Wednesday.
In doing so, he became the latest of just a few dozen people to have scaled all of the world’s “eight-thousanders” – the 14 mountains that the International Mountaineering and Climbing Federation (UIAA) recognises as more than 8,000 metres above sea level.
Sherpa, who started climbing high-altitude mountains at the age of 16, summited all eight-thousanders in 740 days.
Nepali climbers, predominantly ethnic Sherpas from the Everest region, have long been crucial to the Himalayan climbing industry, handling equipment, fixing ropes, and supporting international expeditions. Now they are increasingly gaining recognition for their own accomplishments.
