Sherpa guide Kami Rita climbs Mount Everest for record 30th time

He also climbed Mount Everest twice last year, setting the record for most climbs of the world’s highest mountain on the first and extending it less than a week later

Veteran Sherpa guide Kami Rita returning after scaling Mount Everest for the 28th time arrives at the airport in Kathmandu, Nepal (Niranjan Shrestha/AP)

Renowned Sherpa mountain guide Kami Rita has scaled Mount Everest for a record 30th time, completing his second climb this month to the top of the world.

Mr Rita reached the 8,849-metre (29,032-foot) summit at 7.49am on Wednesday, according to Khim Lal Gautam, a government official at the base camp.