Record-setting teenage climber returns to hero’s welcome in Nepal

A Sherpa teenager who became the youngest person to scale all the world’s 14 highest peaks has returned home to Nepal to a hero’s welcome.

Nima Rinji Sherpa, 18, reached the 26,335ft summit of Mount Shishapangma in China last week, completing his mission to climb all the world’s peaks that top 8,000 metres (26,247ft). He broke a previous record by another Sherpa, who was 30 years old at the time.

Nepal’s Tourism Minister Badri Prasad Pandey, along with members of the climbing community...