Climber retires after becoming fastest to climb world’s highest 14 peaks

Norwegian mountain climber Kristin Harila, centre, and her Nepali Sherpa guide Tenjin Sherpa, right, arrive at the airport in Kathmandu, Nepal (Niranjan Shreshta/AP)

A Norwegian who has just become the fastest climber to scale all the world’s 14 highest mountains has announced upon her return to Nepal that she is retiring from climbing high peaks.

Kristin Harila and her Sherpa guide Tenjin were given a hero’s welcome at Kathmandu airport, where hundreds of people including mountaineers, government officials and well-wishers gathered to welcome them back with cheers and flower garlands.