2. First Man to Summit Mt. Everest
On May of 1953, Zealander Edmund Hillary and Nepalese Tenzing Norgay successfully ascended to the top of Mt. Everest.
3. most ascents to the
summit of Mount Everest
KAMI RITA SHERPA
24 Times
4. The Oldest
Climber
to Climb
Mt. Everest
The oldest person to ascend Mt. Everest was Japanese Miura
Yiuchiro (Japan,b. 12 October 1932),who reached the summit on
23 May 2013 at the age of 80 years 223 days.
5. Fifteen Times to
Summit with
No Sherpa
American Dave Hahn has the most non-Sherpa summits with 15 (out of
19 tries), the most recent in 2013.
12. 1960 AD
First reported ascent from the North
Ridge by Wang Fuzhou, Gonpoand Qu
Yinhua of China.
13. CLIMBING RECORDS
• 1922 – First climb to 8,000 metres (26,247 ft), by George Finchand CaptainGeoffrey Bruce
• 1952 – First climb to South Colby 1952 Swiss Mount Everest expedition
• 1953 – First ascent, by Tenzing Norgayand Edmund Hillary on 1953 British Mount Everest expedition
• 1960 – First reported ascent from the North Ridge by Wang Fuzhou, Gonpoand Qu Yinhua of China.
• 1975 – First female ascent, by Junko Tabei(16 May).
• 1975 – First female ascent from the North Ridge, by Phanthog, deputy head of the second Chinese Everest expedition that sent
nine climbers to the summit (27 May).
• 1978 – First ascent without supplemental oxygen by Reinhold Messnerand Peter Habeler.
14. CLIMBING RECORDS
• 1980 – First winter ascent, by Polish National Expedition Winter 1979/1980 (Leszek Cichyand Krzysztof Wielicki.
• 1980 – First solo ascent, by Reinhold Messner.
• 1988 – First "cross-over" climb by Chinese, Japanese and Nepalese teams which ascended the peak simultaneously from both the North and South sides
of the mountain and descended down the other side. The cross-over climb was also the first to be recorded on live broadcast television.
• 1988 – First descent by paraglider, by Jean-Marc Boivin.
• 1988 – First female ascent without supplemental oxygen by Lydia Bradey.
• 1998 – Fastest to reach the summit via the southeast ridge (SouthCol), without supplemental oxygen, by Kazi Sherpa, in 20 hours and 24 minutes.
• 2000 – First descent by ski by Davo Karni?ar.
• 2001 – First ascent by a blind climber, Erik Weihenmayer.
15. CLIMBING RECORDS
• 2001 – Lhakpa Sherpa becomes first Nepali woman to summit Everest and survive.
• 2006 – Lhakpa Sherpa summits for the 6th time, breaking her own record for most successful female Everest climber.
• 2007 – Fastest to reach the summit via the northeast ridge, without supplemental oxygen, by Christian Stangl, in 16 hours, 42 minutes.
• 2010 – Youngest to reach the summit, by Jordan Romero(13-year-old)
• 2011 – Most times to reach the summit, Apa Sherpa(21 times; 10 May 1990 – 11 May 2011).
• 2013 – Apa Sherpa and Kami Rita Sherpa tied for most times to reach the summit by Phurba Tashi(21 times; 1999–2013)
• 2013 – Melissa Arnot, American, summits for the 5th time breaking her own record for most successful summits by any non-Sherpa woman.
16. CLIMBING RECORDS
• 2016 : Summited on 20th May, via N Col - NE Ridge as High Altitude Worker
• 2017 : Summited on 27th May, via S Col - SE Ridge as High Altitude Worker
• 2018 : Kami Rita Sherpa, summited on 16th May,via S Col - SE Ridge; reaches 22 ascents to the summit
• 2019 : Kami Rita Sherpa, summited on 15th May, via S Col- SE Ridge; reaches 23 ascents to the summit
• 2019 : Kami Rita Sherpa, summited on 21st May, via S Col- SE Ridge; reaches 22 ascents to the summit