Record-breaking Sherpa says mountain goddess warned him from 26th Everest ascent

Kathmandu: A Nepali Sherpa, who has climbed Mount Everest a record 25 times, said on Tuesday he had a dream in which a "mountain goddess" warned him from making another ascent this month.

Kami Rita Sherpa, 51, scaled the 8,848.86-metre (29,031.69-foot) mountain via the traditional southeast ridge route on May 7, breaking his own record with a 25th ascent. He was accompanied on the world's highest mountain by 11 other Sherpa climbers, who formed part of a rope fixing team. Sherpas consider the peak holy.