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American endurance athlete Tyler Andrews sets FKT record for Everest ascent in 9 hours 55 minutes

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By Tourism Times
Published at : 28 May 2026, 6:22 AM

KATHMANDU: American mountain runner Tyler Andrews has set a world record on Mount Everest (8,848.86 m) by scaling the mountain in less than 10 hours, said the expedition organiser.

Tyler, an endurance athlete, reached the summit of Mount Everest from the base camp at 5:06 a.m. local time in just 9 hours and 55 minutes, becoming the fastest climber to scale the world’s highest peak using bottled oxygen support, said Dawa Steven Sherpa, Managing Director of Asian Trekking.

“With the ascent, Andrews has broken the previous Everest base camp–to–summit oxygen-assisted FKT (Fastest Known Time) record of 10 hours and 56 minutes, set by Lakpa Gelu Sherpa in 2003,” Dawa Steven said.

Tyler left base camp at 7:11 p.m. on May 27 and stood atop the summit at 5:06 a.m. on May 28 using supplemental oxygen, he informed, adding that Tyler finally set the FKT record on his sixth attempt over the past two years.

“The climber is now descending safely from the South Summit, and the weather is very fair,” Dawa Steven reported. Tyler, who had previously attempted to scale Mount Everest for the FKT record without using supplemental oxygen, abandoned that climb and then attempted it with oxygen support, according to the expedition organiser.

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