https://www.pitara.com/tags/record-breaking/Recent content in Record Breaking on Pitara Kids NetworkHugoen-usSat, 13 Jun 2026 21:46:31 +0530https://www.pitara.com/news-for-kids/world-news/reaching-the-top-of-the-world/Sat, 23 Oct 2004 08:08:47 +0000https://www.pitara.com/news-for-kids/world-news/reaching-the-top-of-the-world/<p>May 23: Looks can be deceptive. At 16, Temba Tsheri Sherpa looks like any ordinary schoolboy from Kathmandu. But look closely. He is the youngest person to scale the world&rsquo;s highest peak – the 8,848-metre-high Mount Everest, <em>The Telegraph</em> newspaper reported.</p> <figure class="w-64 sm:float-right sm:ml-4"> <a href="https://www.pitara.com/media/news-world-173_1.gif" aria-label="Link to larger image"> <img src="https://www.pitara.com/media/news-world-173_1_hu_ac1f275a57fda13f.gif" width="320" height="272" alt="Reaching the Top of the World [Illustration by Anup Singh]" loading="lazy"> </a> <figcaption> Reaching the Top of the World [Illustration by Anup Singh] </figcaption> </figure> <p>By climbing the peak 16 days after his 16th birthday, on May 22, he broke the record set by another Nepali climber, Shambu Tamang, in 1973, at the age of 17.</p>