Spanish record climber tops Everest twice in a week without oxygen: team

Spanish mountaineer Kilian Jornet has reached the summit of Mount Everest for the second time in a week, his team said on Sunday.

Jornet scaled Everest's north face, starting from a camp at 6,500 metres on the Tibet side of the mountain, in 17 hours late yesterday, said a statement from the team.

"I'm so happy to have made the summit again! Today I felt good, although it was really windy so it was hard to move fast," he said in the statement.

"I think summiting Everest twice in one week without oxygen opens up a new realm of possibilities in alpinism and I'm really happy to have done it."

On Monday last week Jornet claimed a new speed record for an ascent without fixed ropes or supplemental oxygen when he summited the north face of Everest in 26 hours from base camp.

The 29-year-old had hoped to set a record for the fastest round trip - from base camp to the summit and back again - but was hit by stomach problems on his descent and stopped at a higher camp to recover.