A Nepalese Sherpa guide who broke his own record to climb Mount Everest for the 19th time said his team brought down 5,000kg of rubbish from the mountain.

A Nepalese Sherpa guide broke his own record by scaling Mount Everest for the 19th time.

Mountaineering officials say a veteran Sherpa guide has scaled Mount Everest for a record 18th time.

Edmund Hillary and a Sherpa from his 1953 Everest expedition led a colourful procession through the Nepalese capital today to celebrate the 50th anniversary of their conquest of the world’s tallest mountain.