This mountain guide has conquered the world's 14 highest peaks ... twice


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Mountaineer Sanu has climbed all the 14 highest peaks in the world, twice! — AP

A farmer-turned-mountain guide who recently became the first person to climb all of the world’s 14 highest peaks two times is deciding whether he should retire.

“I think I want to quit climbing high mountains and travel to foreign countries as a tourist for a while,” Sanu Sherpa said in Nepal’s capital, Kathmandu.

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