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Kami Rita has the "Everest Man". He climbed Everest in 1994. He has led treks to the almost every year since then. He is one of more than 8,000 people to have got to the top of the world's highest . The first people to have climbed Everest were New Zealander Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay. They did in 1953. More and more climbers are trying to get to the summit every year. They all need a special . In 2008, Nepal issued 160 permits. That number increased to 421 last year. Nepal limits the of permits for safety . There are many dangers to climbing Everest. These include altitude sickness, freezing weather, and .

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