Record-setting teen climber returns home to Nepal to hero’s welcome

October 15, 2024 admin

Nima Rinji Sherpa. | Photo Credit: AP Cheering crowds hailed an 18-year-old Nepali mountaineer as a hero as he returned home on Monday (October 15, 2024) after breaking the record for the youngest person to summit all 14 of the world’s 8,000-metre peaks. Nima Rinji Sherpa reached the summit of Tibet’s 8,027-metre-high Shisha Pangma on…

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