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  2. Richard Bass - Wikipedia

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    On his third attempt, Bass was guided by David Breashears to the summit of Everest on April 30, 1985, achieving the Seven Summit feat. At the time, he was also the oldest person to have climbed Everest. Wells chose to forego further attempts at Everest and died in 1994. [4] Bass later co-wrote the book Seven Summits chronicling the achievement. [3]

  3. Min Bahadur Sherchan - Wikipedia

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    In 2008, the 76-year-old became the oldest person to summit Mount Everest. [1] He lost the record in 2013 to 80-year-old Japanese climber Yūichirō Miura . [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Sherchan died at Everest Base Camp on 6 May 2017 while trying to reclaim his title.

  4. List of Mount Everest records - Wikipedia

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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)

  5. Lev Sarkisov - Wikipedia

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    Sarkisov worked as a mentor for mountaineers in the Georgian Armed Forces before moving onto recreational climbing. [1]On 12 May 1999, Sarkisov became the oldest man to have reached the peak of Mount Everest at the age of 60 years and 161 days, breaking the previous record held by Venezuelan climber Ramón Balanca Suárez.

  6. Ang Rita Sherpa - Wikipedia

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    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.

  7. Premlata Agrawal - Wikipedia

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    On 17 May 2011, she became the oldest Indian woman to have scaled the world's tallest peak, Mount Everest (29,032 ft.); at the age of 48 years at that time while Sangeeta Sindhi Bahl hailing from Jammu and Kashmir broke Premlata's record on 19 May 2018 and became the oldest Indian woman to climb Mount Everest at the age of 53. [4] [5] [6]

  8. Hannelore Schmatz - Wikipedia

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    Hannelore Schmatz (14 February 1940 – 2 October 1979) was a German climber and the fourth woman to summit Mount Everest. She collapsed and died as she was returning from summiting Everest via the southern route; Schmatz was the first woman and first German citizen to die on the upper slopes of Everest. [1] [2]

  9. Sangeeta Sindhi Bahl - Wikipedia

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    Sangeeta Sindhi Bahl (born 9 February 1965) [3] became the oldest Indian woman to climb the world's tallest peak (8,848.86 m or 29,031.7 ft), when she summitted Mount Everest in May 2018, at the age of 53 years. [4] She also became the first woman from the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir to scale the mountain. [5]