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Nepal teen breaks record by climbing Earth's highest mountains

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Nima Rinji Sherpa , 18 , climbs Tibet 's Mount Shishapangma at about 06:05 local time on Wednesday .

He is the youngest climber to have scaled all of the world’s eight -thousanders’ - the 14 mountains that the UIAA recognises as more than 8,000 metres above sea level.

The previous record holder was also a Nepali climber, Mingma Gyabu David’ Sherpa .

He started climbing high-altitude mountains at the age of 16 .

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