Nima Rinji Sherpa's achievement still needs to be confirmed by the Guinness World Records - but he said he wanted his efforts to show how the younger generation of Sherpas can be 'trailblazers'.
A teenager from Nepal has returned home to a hero's welcome after becoming the youngest person to climb the world's 14 highest mountains. Nima Rinji Sherpa, 18, reached the 8,027m summit of Mount Shishapangma in China last week. The achievement completed his mission to climb peaks which are more than 8,000m high and which started in September 2022.
Supporters, including fellow Sherpas and members of the climbing community, greeted Nima Rinji outside Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu. Crowds had also gathered to greet the arrival of Dawa Yangzum Sherpa, who has become the first Nepalese woman to scale the 14 highest peaks. Nima Rinji said: 'I am very happy and I want to say thank you so much everyone. 'It was a difficult mission but finally I was able to be successful.
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