Kami Rita Sherpa Set World Record for Mt. Everest Ascents

Exam-focused facts from the 18 May 2026 current affairs briefing.

Key facts

Kami Rita Sherpa scaled Mount Everest for the 32nd time on Sunday at 10:12 am, breaking his own world record.
The ascent of the 8,849-metre peak was confirmed by the Department of Tourism of Nepal.
Kami Rita Sherpa led an expedition operated by 14 Peaks Expedition.
Kami Rita Sherpa, born in January 1970 in Solukhumbu district of Koshi Province, started his professional mountaineering career in 1992.
Lhakpa Sherpa, the first Nepali woman to summit Mount Everest, completed her 11th successful ascent of the peak on Sunday at 9:30 am.