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Record! 18-year-old climbs all 14 eight-thousanders
The 18-year-old Nepalese Nima Rinji Sherpa has become the youngest mountaineer to date to climb all 14 of the world's eight-thousanders, setting a new record in the process. The young climber was celebrated as a hero by his family and supporters on his return to Kathmandu on Monday.
He had scaled the summit of the 8027-metre-high Shisha Pangma in Tibet on 9 October, thus achieving his goal of standing on the summits of the 14 highest mountains in the world.
"I am very happy," Nima Rinji Sherpa told the AFP news agency as he was greeted with great jubilation at the airport in the Nepalese capital. He hugged his family members while fans presented him with traditional Buddhist scarves and flower garlands. Other climbers who have now scaled the summits of all 14 of the world's highest mountains were also welcomed.
From a mountaineering family
The new record holder belongs to a mountaineering family that has already achieved several records and runs Nepal's largest mountain expedition company. He started his first high mountain tours at the age of 16. Conquering all 14 "eight-thousanders" is considered the pinnacle in the lives of ambitious mountaineers. All the peaks are located in the Himalayas and the Karakoram mountain range, i.e. in Nepal, Pakistan, Tibet and India.
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