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While the feat of the four former British special forces soldiers who climbed Everest in five days is still being questioned because they used xenon gas to skip the acclimatization period, Sherpa Tashi Gyalzen has set a new record by climbing the roof of the planet four times in 15 days.
"Tashi reached the summit of Everest at 3:13 a.m. His goal was to summit Everest four times in 20 days, and he did it in just 15," said Pemba Sherpa, CEO of Expedition 8K.
Tashi, 29, first reached the summit of Everest this spring season on May 9, when he reached the summit with the team that fixed the ropes for later expeditions. On May 14 he climbed it again. On the 19th he repeated as a guide for Bangladeshi Ikramul Hasan Shakil who was looking for the summit as part of his "From sea to summit" challenge after traveling 1,400 kilometers from the Bay of Bengal to Everest Base Camp. On May 23, Tashi, who in 2019 made his debut at the top of this eight-thousander, again reached 8,849 meters.
"In an extraordinary feat of strength, endurance and prowess as an elite mountaineer. From the treacherous Khumbu Icefall to the summit ridge, he has conquered the world's highest peak time and time again, proving that true legends are forged above 8,000 meters. This achievement is not only a personal milestone, but a moment of pride for Nepal and the global climbing community," wrote expedition company Mount Everest Expedition on its website.
The Sherpa from Lhamu-4 rural municipality in Khumbu Pasanglhamu, broke the record set last year by Dawa Phinjhok Sherpa who reached the summit of Everest three times in eight days. Purnima Shrestha also set this record (three summits in one week and one day) for female climbers.