Le sherpa Pemba Dorji, 26 ans, a battu le précédent record détenu par le sherpa Lakpa Gelu, 36 ans, qui avait atteint le sommet en 10 heures et 46 minutes en mai 2003: 8h10 total time to escalate up the mountain.
Then again, Sir Edmund Hillary wasn't impressed: back in the old days, my fella Tenzing Norgay and myself, we climbed around the mountain for 7 weeks... reaching the summit on 29.05.1953. We had to do everything ourselves. These guys, they just run up the mountain, using the facilities in place left by previous expeditions.... Did he make it down yet???
