A record-setting teen climber returns home to Nepal to a hero's welcome

Mingma Sherpa, uncle of 18-year-old Nima Rinji Sherpa, carries his nephew after he became the youngest person to scale all the world’s 14 highest peaks. The youngster celebrates with his family upon Nima's arrival at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, Monday, Oct. 14, 2024. - AP

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP): A Sherpa teenager who became the youngest person to scale all the world’s 14 highest peaks returned home to Nepal on Monday to a hero's welcome.

Nima Rinji Sherpa, 18, reached the 8,027-meter (26,335-foot) summit of Mount Shishapangma in China last week, completing his mission to climb the world's peaks that are more than 8,000 meters (26,247 feet) high. He broke a previous record by another Sherpa, who was 30 years old at the time.