Aussie climber holds fastest seven summit record; Everest route opens from Tibet side Plain broke the fastest record of 126 days held by Polish climber Janusz Kochanski to complete the seven summits. He has already climbed six other highest peaks - Denali (North America), Elbrus (Europe), Vinson (Antarctica), Aconcagua (South America), Kilimanjaro (Africa) and Papua New Guinea’s Carstensz Pyramid (Australasia). Meanwhile, a team of rope-fixing climbers opened a route to the summit of Mt Everest from Tibetan side, becoming the first team to scale the world’s highest peak from the north ridge. According to Phurba Namgyal Sherpa, co-founder of Climbalaya Treks and Expeditions, “More than 180 climbers along with their climbing Sherpas will begin their summit pushestomorrowafter the Chinese team opened the route.” Besides, an Austrian team led by mountain guide Tshering Pande Bhote from Climbalaya scaled Mt Gurla Mandhata (7,600 m) in Ngari, Tibet yesterday, Sherpa shared. “Two Austrian climbers and two Nepali Sherpas made it to the top of Mt Gurla Mandhata,” he added.