Everest guide scales peak for 29th time

Kami Rita climbed Everest twice last year, setting the record for most climbs on the first and adding to it less than a week later

Veteran Sherpa guide Kami Rita, centre, has scaled Mount Everest for the 29th time (Niranjan Shrestha/AP)

One of greatest climbing guides on Mount Everest has scaled the world’s highest peak for the 29th time, extending his own record for reaching the summit.

Kami Rita reached the 29,032ft peak at 7.25am local time on Sunday along with other climbers, said Mingma Sherpa of the expedition organiser Seven Summits Treks.