Record-Setting Week Atop Mount Everest

The last week has been particularly eventful at the top of the world. Near-perfect conditions at Mount Everest prompted a rush to its icy reaches, resulting in a record 75 climbers reaching the summit in a single day. (The highest previous total was 63 summits, in 2002.) One of those 75 climbers was Apa Sherpa, who also set a record of his own by summiting for the 18th time. According to the CBC, Canadian Andrew Brash was also among the 75. Brash became a minor celebrity two years ago when he gave up his first Everest attempt just 200 meters from the top to rescue a fellow climber.

Also noteworthy: A 76-year-old Nepalese man became the oldest to climb the mountain, and a mother-daughter pair also made the summit, making them “the first mother and daughter team to climb seven summits on the seven continents,” according to the Daily Telegraph.

No word on whether all the climbers kept their clothes on at the summit—we’ll assume so—or how many of them hail from the little-known province of Luxuristan.

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