Nepal's mountaineering community celebrates 72nd anniversary of Mount Everest conquest
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Mountaineers form a queue as they approach the summit of Mount Everest in Nepal, May 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Kunga Sherpa)People from the mountaineering community gather to participate in a rally to mark the anniversary of the first ascent of Mount Everest in Kathmandu, Nepal, Thursday, May 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)The statues of New Zealander Edmund Hillary, left, and his Sherpa guide Tenzing Norgay, who became the first climbers to reach the top of 8,850-meter (29,035-foot) Everest on May 29, 1953 is seen in Kathmandu, Nepal, Thursday, May 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)People from the mountaineering community participate in a rally to mark the anniversary of the first ascent of Mount Everest in Kathmandu, Nepal, Thursday, May 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)Kami Rita Sherpa, third left, who holds the record for most ascents to Mount Everest, prays with other mountaineers at Everest Base Camp before beginning his ascent to the summit of Mount Everest in Nepal, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Pasang Rinzee Sherpa)
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Mountaineers form a queue as they approach the summit of Mount Everest in Nepal, May 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Kunga Sherpa)
