Legendary Everest summiteer Apa Sherpa has set a new record on Mt Everest by reaching the summit of the highest peak in the world for the record 19th time. He reached the summit at 8:30 pm on Thursday.

Apa reached led the expedition to raise awareness about the impacts of climate change in the Himalayas. Apa unfurled a banner reading "Stop Climate Change, Let the Himalayan Live" on the summit. He also placed a bumpa, handed over to him by the Rimpoche of Tengboche Monastery Ngawang Tenzin Zangpo.

Born in Thame village of Solukhumbu, Apa, now 49, has been living in Salt Lake City, USA, since 2006.