55-year-old Kami Rita Sherpa breaks his own record: climbing Mount Everest 31 times

Mountaineer Kami Rita Sherpa broke his own record after climbing Mount Everest for the 31st time. He

Lumping his 31 feats together, Kami Rita Sherpa has climbed nearly 90,000 feet above sea level on the famous peak — about 170.5 miles above sea level, or equivalent to Earth's upper atmosphere.

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