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  Nepali climber scales world's 14 highest peaks in 190 days

  World | October 29, 2019 13:56 IST

  Nirmal Purja, 36, known as Nims, broke the previous record of a South Korean climber, Kim Chang-ho, who achieved the feat in 2003 to scale all the peaks higher than 8,000 metres in seven years, 10 months and six days

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  Age is no obstacle: Nepali aims to regain title of oldest Everest climber

  World | April 12, 2017 15:56 IST

  In an attempt to regain the title of oldest Everest climber, a Nepali man is once again planning to climb the 8,850-meter (29,035-foot) peak next month during a window of favorable weather on the summit, at age 85.

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  51 Year Old Scales Mt Everest For 21st Time

  World | May 15, 2011 19:55 IST

  Kathmandu, May 15 :  A 51-year-old Nepali mountaineer, nicknamed "Super Sherpa", climbed Mount Everest for a record 21st time on Wednesday, breaking his own record for the most summits of the world's highest mountain, hiking