Mount Everest summit Record Holders here we try to cover all the personalities who have achieved the amazing feat.
First of all, let’s know about Mount Everest
Mount Everest is the highest peak in the world located in the Himalayas between China and Nepal. The world’s highest mountain Mount Everest is 0.86m higher than what had been previously recorded 8,848 meters.
The New height of Mount Everest is 8,848.86 meters (29,031.69 feet) which was recently measured by Nepal and China authorities.
In Nepali Mount Everest is known as Sagarmatha and in the Tibetan language, it is known as Chomolungma. There are two main climbing routes, one approaching the summit from the southeast in Nepal (known as the “standard route”) and the other from the north in Tibet. Everest Base Camp Trek from Nepal is the most popular trekking destination for travel enthusiasts.
How Hard is the Mount Everest Expedition
Climbing Mount Everest is a dream for any mountain lover but it is not a cup of tea for every climber. The trek to the summit takes months of physical preparation and weeks of acclimatization to get climbers used to the mountain’s oxygen-starved altitudes. The extreme difficulty level of this mountain also adds value to this amazing feat. The higher you go up the trail, the lesser oxygen there is in the air. The Death Zone above 8,000m has minimal oxygen and thus many climbers require additional oxygen on this climb.
Let’s not waste time and move to the topic – Here is the list of
Mount Everest Record Holders
1st summit – Tenzing Norgay Sherpa and Sir Edmund Hilary (May 29, 1953)
Hillary and Tenzing Norgay became the first climbers confirmed to have reached the summit of Mount Everest.
1st summit by woman – Junko Tabei (1975)
She was the first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest and the first woman to ascend the Seven Summits, climbing the highest peak on every continent. On May 16, 1975, Tabei became the first woman to scale Everest.
Most times at the top- Kami Rita Sherpa (24 times )
When Kami Rita Sherpa (NPL), aka “Thapke”, topped this prodigious peak on 21 May 2019, it was his 24th summit – the most ascents of Everest by any individual overall.
Oldest summer – Yuichiro Miura ( age 80 )
An 80-year-old Japanese mountaineer has become the oldest person to reach the summit of Mount Everest. Despite a history of heart problems, Yuichiro Miura, who climbed Everest when he was 70 and then again at 75, reached the peak on May 23, 2013.
1st person to climb Mount Everest without oxygen -Reinhold Messner (1978)
Reinhold Messner was the first person to climb 14 peaks measuring more than 8,000 meters in the world. In 1978 Messner became the first person to reach the summit of Everest without supplementary oxygen.
1st woman from Nepal to climb Mount Everest -Pasang Lhamu Sherpa (April 22, 1993)
Pasang Lhamu Sherpa was the first Nepalese woman to climb the summit of Mount Everest. For achieving what no other Nepalese woman had achieved before her, Pasang Lhamu was posthumously honored by her country and mountaineers all around the world in various ways. She was the very first woman to be decorated with the “Nepal Tara (Star)” by the King of Nepal.
Youngest person to climb Mount Everest – Jordan Romero (May 22, 2010)
Jordan Romero (born July 12, 1996) is an American mountain climber who was 13 years old when he reached the summit of Mount Everest. Romero was accompanied by his father, Paul Romero, his stepmother, Karen Lundgren, and three Sherpas, Ang Pasang Sherpa, Lama Dawa Sherpa, and Lama Karma Sherpa.
Fastest Everest Summiteer : Lakpa Gelu Sherpa (Time Record: 10 hr, 56 Mins)
Lakpa Gelu Sherpa born on June 23, 1967 in Jubing – 1, KhariKhola, Solukhumbu, Nepal. He is known for holding a world record for the fastest climbing of Mount Everest in only 10 hours 56 minutes and 46 seconds. Gelu’s record-breaking trip was his tenth trip to the summit of the mountain.
1st Nepalese 14 peak summiteer: Mingma Sherpa
On May 20, 2011, at age 32, Sherpa became the first person from Nepal and the first South Asian to scale all 14 of the world’s highest mountains. In the process, he set a new world record by becoming the first mountaineer to climb all 14 peaks on the first attempt. Mingma Sherpa and his brother, Chhang Dawa Sherpa, hold the world record of the world’s first two brothers to successfully summit the fourteen-eight thousand.
Nirmal Pujara climbs 14 highest mountains in six months
A Nepali mountaineer and former British Marine has climbed the world’s tallest 14 peaks in 6 months and 6 days – beating an earlier record of almost eight years. He was also the first to reach the summits of Mount Everest, Lhotse, and Makalu in a time period of 48 hours.
Many casualties happen in the Mountains, Access Nepal tries to remember the departed soul. May their soul rest in peace.
List of people who died climbing Mount Everest
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Source – wikipedia.org