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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)
Shambu "Shambhu" Tamang (Nepali: शम्भू तामाङ; 20 October 1955 – 7 July 2022) [1] was a Nepalese mountaineer who once held the record as the youngest person to successfully ascend Mount Everest, reaching the summit on May 5, 1973. Previous records differed on his actual age at the time of the successful climb; although most ...
Steve Marolt skiing down the northeast ridge of Everest in 2007. This is a list of ski descents of eight-thousanders (which are the 14 highest peaks in the world that are over 8,000 meters (26,000 feet) in elevation). [1] Such feats are part of the sport of ski mountaineering, and also related to the sport of extreme skiing. The first descents ...
A British climber and a Nepali guide have broken their own records for most climbs of Mount Everest, the world's highest mountain, hiking officials said on Sunday. Rakesh Gurung, director of Nepal ...
Between 1974 and 1987, McKinney set seven world speed skiing records [4] in competitions around the world. In the 1980s, McKinney became an accomplished mountain climber. In 1986 he led an expedition to Mount Everest, [5] during which he became the first person to fly a hang-glider off the mountain. [6] Steve was one of eight McKinney children.
According to Guinness World Records, which looks at the total time it takes to make the return trip from Base Camp, Lama set her first Everest record in 2018, with a time of 39 hours and six ...
1986 – Crossing of East Tibet; Mount Vinson (4,897 m or 16,066 feet, Antarctic), on 3 December 1986, thus becoming the first person to complete Seven Summits without the use of supplemental oxygen on Mount Everest; [21] 1987 – Bhutan trip; Pamir trip; 1988 – Yeti-Tibet solo expedition;
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 ...