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Nepal’s legendary mountaineer Kami Rita Sherpa made history today by breaking his record for the highest number of ascents of Mt. Everest as he scaled the world’s highest peak for the 29th time. According to Rakesh Gurung, Director at the Tourism Department in the Nepalese Ministry of Tourism and Civil Aviation, the 54-year-old veteran climber reached the 8,849-metre peak at 7.25 a.m. local time. The expedition was organised by the Seven Summit Treks and had 20 climbers. They scaled Everest this morning, said Thani Guragain, a senior staff at the Seven Summit Treks.