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A Sherpa from Nepal has [broken / breaking] the record for the most number of climbs to the [atop / top] of Mount Everest. Kami Rita, 55, is a well-known guide in the Himalayas. He [reached / reaches] the summit of Mount Everest for the 31st time on Tuesday. He broke his [down / own] record of 30 climbs, which he [set / get] last year. Rita got to the top [of / to] the 8,849-metre mountain via the southeast route. He was the guide [for / by] a 22-member team from the Indian army. He also had help [of / from] 27 other Sherpas. The climb was organized by the company Seven Summit Treks. A company spokesman said Kami Rita was "a national climbing [heroism / hero] " and "a global symbol of Everest". Another spokesman called Rita "a very [passionate / passion] climber".

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