Nepali climber Kami Rita Sherpa broke his own record Wednesday as the person to have scaled Mount Everest the most times, achieving the milestone 30th ascent of the world`s highest peak. The 54-year-old, known as "Everest Man", reached the summit for the 29th time earlier this month, before climbing to the top again.

"Kami Rita reached the summit this morning. Now he has made a new record with 30 summits of Everest," said Mingma Sherpa of Seven Summit Treks, his expedition organiser. A guide for more than two decades, Sherpa first stood on the 8,849-metre (29,000-foot) peak in 1994 when working for a commercial expedition. Since then he has climbed Everest almost every year, guiding clients.