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List of Mount Everest records

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List of Mount Everest records

This article lists different records related glasses Mount Everest. One of the most commonly sought after records is a "summit", to reach the highest elevation point on Mount Everest.

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Highest number of times to reach the summit of Mount Everest

† - Non-Nepali or Tibetan

Other Number of Times Records

† - Non-Nepali or Tibetan

Oldest summiters

This table shows the progression of the record for oldest male summiter.

Norgay was older than Hillary, so they became the modern day starting point for oldest and youngest climbers respectively.

This table shows the progression of the record for oldest female summiter.

Junko Tabei was the first woman to reach the summit, and thus set the initial records for both oldest and youngest female summiter.

Youngest Summiters

Due to some variations in record keeping, there may be some variation in the examples

Youngest female

See also

  • Nimdoma Sherpa
  • Samantha Larson
  • Nima Chhamzi Sherpa, summited May 19, 2012 at the age of 16

    • Other

  • Elizabeth Hawley, has kept records for Everest from 1960s to at least 2015.
  • Marc Kopp was the first disabled person to skydive over Mount Everest, in 2013;he suffers from multiple sclerosis.

    • Nepali records

    Many Mount Everest records are held by Nepali, especially those from the Sherpa region who are synonymous with hospitality, hard-work, and brave alpinism.

  • On 11 May 2011, Apa Sherpa successfully reached the summit of Everest for the twenty-first time, breaking his own record for the most successful ascents. He first climbed Mount Everest in 1989 at the age of 29.
  • One of the most famous Nepalese female mountaineers was Pasang Lhamu Sherpa, the first Nepali female climber to reach the summit of Everest, but who died during the descent. Another well-known woman Sherpa was the two-time Everest summiter Pemba Doma Sherpa, who died after falling from Lhotse on 22 May 2007.
  • Nepali mountaineer Lhakpa Sherpa, the first Nepali female climber to reach the summit of Everest and descend from it, has stood atop of Everest 7 times, more than any other woman in the world.

    • Another examples of noted Nepali Everest mountaineers:

  • Temba Tsheri
  • Nima Chhamzi Sherpa
  • Nimdoma Sherpa
  • Ming Kipa
  • Chhurim

    • About names: Many Nepalese are only given one name, and are often named for a day of the week

    One source of confusion was in record keeping was that the South side was essentially closed in 2014 due to an avalanche disrupting the Khumbu Icefall. So most of the summiters summited from the North side, except for a small a group that flew a helicopter over the Khumbu Icefall, even though it was not open. This is why in 2016 Adrian Ballinger said on Instagram "9 Sherpa using supplemental oxygen became the first to summit on the South Side of Everest in the past 3 years" in 2016. What he was saying was that in that Sherpa's did not summit in 2014 or in 2015, which created confusion, because the group that summited was part of a Chinese team.

    Everest base camp records

    Records for non-summits such about the main Nepal-side Base camp:

    Some Everest-related marathons that start at Base camp or near Everest include the Everest Marathon, Tenzing Hillary Everest Marathon, and the Mount Everest Challenge Marathon.

    References

    List of Mount Everest records Wikipedia
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