Most ascents of Mount Everest

What to remember

For the 30th time, Kami Rita stood on the summit of Everest on 22 May 2024. That is a record for Everest.

The Nepali guide set a second mark that same day: his 41st ascent of a peak above 8,000 metres, a total nobody had reached before him.

Everest is one of the 14 eight-thousanders recognised by the UIAA. Ten lie in the Himalaya and four in the Karakoram, shared between India, Pakistan, Nepal and China. All of them were first climbed in the 1950s or early 1960s.