Michael Richards Climbed Mount Everest?

Is this true as stated on The Dating Game by Jim Lange describing M.R.?

Steve T. Writes:

I also participate in the newsgroup rec.climbing. This question was asked there, and a fellow climber checked a "summiter's database" and found no one named Michael Richards in it. Remember that between 100 and 200 people summit each year, (can't remember the exact figure, but it is small) the database need only be checked from 1970 on, and many summiters are guides. Either Richards changed his name after summiting, his name missed the database, or he never climbed Mt. Everest. I'm inclined to believe the third choice. If he was a mountaineer, I would have heard of this story. Check Dejanews for Michael Richards, Kramer, and rec.climbing and you can probably find the URL for Mt. Everest.

Thanks, Steve

Actually, "Michael Richards" is a very common name. There's even one in the building where I work.

The original poster of this thread was S. Sears. I checked the rec.climbing archive in Dejanews and found out that the original poster of that thread (6 months ago?) was... S. Sears. He was answered the same way then.

I have a suspicion that Michael Richards is a stage name, changed name, etc.

Thanks, Steve T.