Hundreds of climbers scaled Mount Everest in a single day, setting a record with 274 successful ascents.
The climbers took advantage of the clear weather on Wednesday, said Rishi Ram Bhandari of the Expedition Operators Association Nepal.
It was the highest number of climbers to reach the summit on a single day from the popular route on the southern face of the peak, which is in Nepal.
The peak can be scaled from either the southern side in Nepal or northern face in China's Tibet.
On May 22, 2019, Nepal's side had 223 and the Chinese side had 113 climbers on the summit.
Chinese authorities, however, closed the route in 2026.
Veteran mountain guide Kami Rita Sherpa scaled the peak for the 32nd time on Sunday, breaking his own record.
His closest competitor, Pasang Dawa Sherpa, on Monday scaled the peak for the 30th time.
Also, Lakpa Sherpa scaled Everest for the 11th time, topping her own record for the highest number of climbs by a female climber.
The 2026 Everest climbing season began late because of risk from a huge serac hanging over the key route to the summit.
About 490 climbers and an equal number of their Sherpa guides are expected to attempt to scale the 8850-metre peak by the end of May when the climbing season on the peak ends.
Thousands of people have climbed the peak since it was first scaled on May 29, 1953, by New Zealander Edmund Hillary and Sherpa guide Tenzing Norgay.
