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Many Mount Everest records are held by Nepali, especially those from the Sherpa region. 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. [138] He first climbed Mount Everest in 1989 at the age of 29. [139] Phurba Tashi Sherpa (also 21 times)
Personal information; Nationality: Italian: Born 17 September 1944 (age 80)Brixen (Bressanone), South Tyrol, Italy Website: Official website: Climbing career; Known for: First to climb all 14 eight-thousanders, first to climb all 14 eight-thousanders without supplemental oxygen, and first to climb Mount Everest without supplemental oxygen
This list consists of people who reached the summit of Mount Everest more than once. By 2013, 6,871 summits have been recorded by 4,042 people. [1] [2] By the end of 2016 there were 7,646 summits by 4,469 people. [3] In 2018 about 800 people summited, breaking the record for most in one year compared to 2013, in which 667 summited Mount Everest ...
Ang Rita (1948–2020) Sherpa, climbed Everest ten times without supplemental oxygen; Royal Robbins (1935–2017) US, rock climber, pioneer of modern Yosemite climbing in the 1950s; Alain Robert (born 1962) France, climber and builderer; David Roberts (1943–2021) US, author, first ascents of Wickersham Wall (Mount McKinley) and other Alaskan ...
Ang Rita Sherpa (Nepali: आङरिता शेर्पा; 27 July 1948 [1] – 21 September 2020) was a Nepalese mountaineer who climbed Mount Everest ten times without using supplemental oxygen between 1983 and 1996. His sixth climb set the world record for the most successful ascents of Mount Everest, which he re-set on his tenth climb.
16 October – Lydia Bradey, New Zealand, became the first woman to climb Everest without oxygen, via the SE ridge, climbing alone. Initially two of her teammates (who were not at base Camp at the time) disputed her claim but since then the ascent has been recognised by several governments and the Himalayan Data Base (Nepal).
He had climbed the mountain 10 times and spent 20 hours on the summit of Everest in 1999, then a new record. [18] He also climbed to the summit twice in two weeks and held the record climbing time from base camp to summit of 16 hours and 56 minutes. [18] In 2019, 11 people died on Everest during a record season with a huge number of climbers.
He is the 5th climber in history to do it without using supplemental oxygen. [13] Viesturs has summitted Mount Everest seven times. [14] Research published in 2022 estimated that Viesturs was one of only three climbers in history to have stood on the "true" geographical summit of all the eight-thousanders and that Viesturs was the first to do ...