Sherpa Pemba Dorjie Summits Everest in Record 12 Hours 45 Minutes

A Sherpa scaled Mount Everest in 12 hours and 45 minutes on Friday setting a record for the fastest climb of the world's highest mountain, Nepalese tourism officials said.
Pemba Dorjie, a 25-year-old Nepalese Sherpa guide, reached the 8,850-metre summit at 5:45 a.m. local time Friday after leaving the base camp, located at 5,300 metres, at 5 p.m. on Thursday.
Mr. Dorjie, part of the Dream Everest 2003 Expedition led by Robert Huygn from Belgium, broke the record set by another Sherpa, Babu Chhiri, who climbed the peak in 16 hours and 56 minutes in May, 2000.
Mr. Chhiri died on the mountain in 2001, when he fell into a crevasse while trying to take a photograph.
The Nepalese Tourism Ministry said 43 climbers reached the summit on Thursday, all parties climbing the mountain to mark the 50th anniversary of Sir Edmund Hillary's conquest of the peak on May 29, 1953.
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