KATHMANDU, May 1: Veteran climber Kami Rita Sherpa, who holds the world record for climbing Mt Everest (Sagarmatha) 28 times, is preparing to set a new record. Sherpa, 54, who climbed the world's highest peak for the 28th time last year is set for the 29th ascent this year.

He has already reached Everest Base Camp in this connection. "This year, I have set out to climb Sagarmatha for the 29th time. I have no plan of climbing Sagarmatha for any specified number of times. Let me ascend the summit and see how far I can," said Sherpa, who has reached the Base Camp via Lukla and Namche. He had set out for the expedition from Kathmandu a week back as part of the Spring Season Everest expedition. 

He is accompanying a mountaineering expedition team comprising about 28 climbers. The expedition is managed by Seven Summit Treks Pvt Ltd.

Mingma Sherpa, chairperson of Seven Summit Treks, said that Kami Rita has reached Everest Base Camp for his 29th ascent on Sagarmatha through his company. 

According to Mingma, most of the climbers have reached the base camp and are waiting for an appropriate time for climbing Sagarmatha.  

Eighty mountaineers have gone for ascending Sagarmatha via the Seven Summit Treks Company alone this time.

Kami Rita has been climbing Sagarmatha as a guide for the climbers. He will set a new record by breaking his own previous record, if he succeeds in climbing Sagarmatha this time. 

Kami Rita is a record-setter climber for the highest number of ascents on the world's tallest peak in the 71-year-long history of Sagarmatha climbing. 

Pasang Dawa Sherpa, also from Solukhumbu, had climbed Sagarmatha for the 27th time last year. But, it is not confirmed whether he will be climbing Sagarmatha this time. 

"I am going to climb Sagarmatha, I have no other purpose," Kami Rita said, "I have only continued the profession of mountain climbing, I have not climbed for a record."

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