<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A record 274 climbers reached the summit of </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/mountains" rel="" target="" title="Mount Everest"><span>Mount Everest</span></a><span> in a single day on Wednesday, as mountaineers rushed to take advantage of a brief stretch of clear weather on the world's tallest peak.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Nepalese officials confirmed a new record for Everest's southern route, with hundreds making the push toward the summit before conditions deteriorate </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national" rel="" target="" title="later in the season."><span>later in the season.</span></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Among them was 18-year-old </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/melbourne" rel="" target="" title="Melbourne"><span>Melbourne</span></a><span> student Bianca Adler, who became the youngest </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/" rel="" target="" title="Australian"><span>Australian</span></a><span> to summit Everest.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/andrew-mountbatten-windsor-police-clarify-investigation-into-former-prince-is-broad/1f359146-dca8-4659-acf9-edd8d46cc4de" rel="" target="" title="Police issue update on Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor investigation"><strong><span>Police issue update on Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor investigation</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We just got news that Bianca is at the summit of Mt Everest!" her mother, Fiona Adler, wrote on the family blog on the day.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Hours later, Bianca shared an audio update while descending back down the mountain.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I feel pretty awful," she said.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/hundreds-climbers-scaled-mount-everest-in-single-day-setting-new-record-274-ascents-youngest-australian-melbourne-schoolgirl-nepal/a89ea0ff-bb40-4ada-9ac3-67a65c4c8ae0" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I still have to go to camp 2. I'm just resting, just trying to take it one step at a time."</span></div></div><div><blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-version="7" style="background:#FFF;border:0;border-radius:3px;box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5), 0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15);margin:1px auto;max-width:440px;padding:0;width:99.375%"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DYj2yMpScMV/"></a></blockquote></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>To avoid getting caught behind crowds in extreme cold, Bianca began the final stretch overnight while it was still dark.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Her mother described it as "a small price to pay for a safe and successful summit".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The Victorian teenager overtakes fellow Melbourne climber </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/teen-becomes-the-youngest-australian-in-history-to-climb-mount-everest/89b9aa0e-502d-4669-a5d6-97518d1524bc" rel="" target="" title="Gabby Kanizay"><span>Gabby Kanizay</span></a><span>, who previously held the record after summiting Everest at age 19 in 2022.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Bianca, a VCE student at St Leonard's College in Brighton East, has spent years climbing peaks across the Himalayas, Alps and Andes after growing up around the French Alps.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/guzman-y-gomez-mexican-fast-food-giant-abandons-plans-for-us-expansion/48e399c2-4843-41d1-8d9e-4858373d6d1f" rel="" target="" title="Aussie fast food giant forced into expansion backflip, eight stores shut"><strong><span>Aussie fast food giant forced into expansion backflip, eight stores shut</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Last year, she became the youngest female climber to summit Manaslu, the world's eighth-highest mountain.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Her Everest success comes less than a year after she was forced to turn back about five hours short of the summit due to brutal weather conditions.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Nepalese authorities said nearly 500 climbers and a similar number of Sherpa guides are expected to attempt Everest before the climbing season ends later this month.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><em><span>NEVER MISS A STORY:</span></em></strong><span> </span><strong><em><span>Get your breaking news and exclusive stories first by following us across all platforms.</span></em></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><ul><li><strong><em><span>Download the 9NEWS App here via</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://apps.apple.com/au/app/9news/id1010533727" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>Apple</span></em></strong></a><span> </span><strong><em><span>and</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nineNewsAlerts.nine.com&amp;hl=en_AU&amp;pli=1" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>Google Play</span></em></strong></a></li><li><strong><em><span>Make 9News your preferred source on Google by</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://9.nine.com.au/8x987w" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>ticking this box here</span></em></strong></a></li><li><strong><em><span>Sign up to</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://login.nine.com.au/edm?client_id=nineatnine" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>our breaking newsletter here</span></em></strong></a></li></ul></div></div>