18-year-old Nepalese man breaks record

An 18-year-old Nepalese mountaineer has broken the record for being the youngest person to summit all 14 of the world's 8,000-meter peaks. An 18-year-old Nepalese mountaineer broke the record for being the youngest person to summit all 14 of the world's 8,000-meter peaks on Wednesday (Oct. 9). Nima Rinji Sherpa's team said he had successfully scaled the 8,027-metre (28,000-foot) Shishapangma peak in Tibet on Wednesday morning, completing his mission to reach the world's highest peak. "He reached the summit this morning," ufabet