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UPDATED: 08:13, May 19, 2006
27 people scales Mt. Qomolangma in two days
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As many as 27 people scaled Mt. Qomolangma, the world's highest peak on May 14-15, according to the information given by Nepal's Mountain Experience Pvt. Ltd on Thursday.

Among of the climbers, 12 people conquered the world's highest peak on May 14.

Mountain Experience Pvt. Ltd further informed that 15 people summitted Mt. Qomolangma on May 15.

There have been several world records in climbing the Mt. Qomolangma this season.

Setting a world record, a 70-year-old Japanese climber Takao Arayama scaled Mt. Qomolangma on Wednesday, making him the oldest person in the world to achieve the feat.

The second Nepali women to climb Mt. Qomolangma, Lakpa Sherpa, made another world record by ascending the peak for the sixth time.

New Zealand's mountaineer Mark Inglis, who lost his legs in a climbing accident 24 years ago, has become the first double amputee to reach the summit of Mt. Qomolangma this season.

Source: Xinhua


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