KATHMANDU: Record holder Nepali mountaineer Kami Rita Sherpa, who climbed Mount Everest for the 23rd time on Wednesday, said he is planning to scale the world’s highest peak again this spring season.

“I am pleased to climb Everest for the 23rd time,” the mountaineer was quoted by BBC as saying, “I will climb again this season”.

He plans to summit Everest again around May 22 and necessary paper works are being done for his summit. Sherpa is the only man in the planet to climb Everest for 23 times.