Punta Cana Current Weather Forecast. Below you see the seven day weather forecast for Punta Cana: Punta Cana Weather Radar - Rainfall forecast. This is a live radar view of Punta Cana, you can see cloud formations and you can forecast rainfall for the next couple hours.
Apa Sherpa on the summit of Mt. Everest. Apa Sherpa holds the record of most summits of the world's highest mountain with 21 successful summits. On May 11, 2011, Apa Sherpa summited Everest for the 21st time, breaking his own record of 20 summits. Apa Sherpa first summited the mountain in 1990 while working for Rob Hall and Peter Hillary (son of Sir Edmund Hillary).
Full Answer. Everest has an elevation of 29,035 feet, and only approximately 30 percent of all hikers that attempt the climb ever make it to the top. Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay were the first people to ever reach the summit in 1953, and from 1922 to 2010, there were a total of 219 fatalities among individuals who tried to make it to the top.