Veteran guide who first scaled Everest 10 times hospitalized
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}FILE - In this Nov. 29, 2009, file photo, guide Ang Rita Sherpa who has climbed Mt. Everest ten times, look on during a press conference in Katmandu, Nepal. A Nepalese mountaineering official says the former Sherpa guide who was the first person to scale Mount Everest 10 times has been hospitalized after suffering a brain hemorrhage. Ang Tshering of the Nepal Mountaineering Association said Monday, April 17, 2017, that Ang Rita was rushed to a hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal’s capital, last week after he fell unconscious. He remains in serious condition, though his is situation is improving. (AP Photo/Binod Joshi, File) (The Associated Press)
A Nepalese mountaineering official says a former Sherpa guide who was the first person to scale Mount Everest 10 times has been hospitalized after suffering a brain hemorrhage.
Ang Tshering of the Nepal Mountaineering Association said Monday that Ang Rita was rushed to a hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal's capital, last week after he fell unconscious. He remains in serious condition, though his is situation is improving.
The 68-year-old Ang Rita scaled Everest 10 times from 1983 to 1996, when he quit climbing because of pressure from his family and health-related problems.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Several other climbers have passed his record, but he remains one of the most famous Everest climbers.