Teen climber shatters record for youngest person to conquer world’s 14 highest peaks

Source: CBC News [Canadian state media]

“A Sherpa teenager who became the youngest person to scale all the world’s 14 highest peaks returned home to Nepal on Monday to a hero’s welcome. Nima Rinji Sherpa, 18, reached the 8,027-metre summit of Mount Shishapangma in China last week, completing his mission to climb the world’s peaks that are more than 8,000 metres high. He broke a previous record by another Sherpa, who was 30 years old at the time. … He comes from a well-known family in the Sherpa mountaineering community. His father and two uncles run the Seven Summits Treks in Nepal, which has become a leading company serving clients in Nepal, China and Pakistan.” (10/14/24)

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