Climbs _Everest_ twice_ in _a _week

Sherpa climbs Everest twice in a week, setting record 24 ascents

A Nepalese Sherpa has set a new Mount Everest record, making it to the top for the 24th time - with his second summit in only seven days.

Kami Rita Sherpa, 49, successfully scaled the world's tallest mountain on Tuesday morning.

It was his second record in seven days, having reached the summit for the 23rd time on 15 May.

He says he has no plans to retire, and hopes to clock up more ascents in the years to come.

"I can climb for a few more years," he told one week ago. "I am healthy - I can keep going until I am 60 years old. With oxygen it's no big deal."

He first climbed Everest in 1994 and is a guide for international companies that organise climbing expeditions.

"I never thought about making records," he said. "I actually never knew that you could make a record. Had I known, I would have made a lot more summits earlier."