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                    [Title] => No more Everest, says oldest to climb highest peak
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The oldest person to climb Mount Everest said Sunday that he won't make any further attempts to scale the world's highest peak — even though his new record may soon be in jeopardy.

[DatePublished] => 2013-05-27 10:24:30 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1170969 [AuthorName] => Binaj Gurubacharya [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 207370 [Title] => New Everest speed climbing record set [Summary] => KATHMANDU (AFP) — A Nepalese Sherpa yesterday smashed the Everest speed climbing record as the stampede to reach the summit of the world’s highest peak ahead of celebrations marking its conquest 50 years ago continued.

The Sherpa, 39-year-old Pemba Dorje, summited in a time of 12 hours 45 minutes, the Nepalese tourism ministry said.

The previous record was 16 hours 56 minutes, set in 2000 by legendary Sherpa Babu Chhiri who died after falling into a crevasse on Everest the following year.
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