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Nepali sherpa scales Mount Everest for record 27th time. ‘Strong climber’ Kami Rita Sherpa beats own record for number of ascents on world’s highest mountain. A Nepali sherpa has scaled Mount Everest for a record 27th time, beating his own record, a government official and his hiking company said. Kami Rita Sherpa, 53, scaled the 8,849-metre (29,032ft) mountain early on Wednesday morning along the traditional south-east ridge route, guiding a foreign climber. “Yes, Kami Rita climbed Sagarmatha for the 27th time,” said tourism official Bigyan Koirala, referring to the mountain by its Nepali name.