This article lists different records related to Mount Everest. One of the most commonly sought after records is a "summit", meaning to reach the highest elevation point on Mount Everest.
Records
Highest number of times to reach the summit
| Record name | Record | Holder | Nation | Date | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highest number of times to reach the summit | 31 | Kami Rita Sherpa | Nepal | May 27, 2025 |
Other number of times records
| Record name | Record | Holder | Nation | Date | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Most ascents by a woman | 10 | Lhakpa Sherpa | Nepal | May 12, 2022 | |
| Most summits without supplemental oxygen | 10 | Ang Rita | Nepal | May 23, 1996 | |
| Most summits by a foreigner (non-Nepali) | 19 | Kenton Cool | United Kingdom | May 18, 2025 | |
| Most ascents by a foreign woman | 6 | Melissa Arnot | United States |
Most times per nation
| Record name | Record | Holder | Nation | Date | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall for Nepal | 31 | Kami Rita Sherpa | Nepal | ||
| Overall for the United Kingdom | 19 | Kenton Cool | United Kingdom | ||
| Overall for the United States | 15 | Garrett Madison and Dave Hahn | United States | ||
| Overall for Argentina | 13 | Guillermo "Willie" Benegas | Argentina | ||
| Overall for Japan | 11 | Hiroyuki Kuraoka | Japan | ||
| Overall for New Zealand | 9 | Mark Woodward, Dean Staples, Mike Roberts | New Zealand |
First to summit a certain number of times
| Record name | Record | Holder | Nation | Date | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First climbers confirmed as having reached the summit | Summited | Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay | New Zealand Nepal | May 29, 1953 | |
| First woman to summit once | Summited | Junko Tabei | Japan | May 16, 1975 | |
| First man to summit twice | 2 | Nawang Gombu | India | 1963, 1965 | |
| First woman to summit twice | 2 | Santosh Yadav | India | 1992, 1993 | |
| First man to summit three times | 3 by 1982 | Sungdare Sherpa | Nepal | ||
| First woman to summit three times | 3 by 2003 | Lhakpa Sherpa | Nepal | ||
| First man to summit 4 times | 4 by 1985 | Sungdare Sherpa | Nepal | ||
| First woman to summit 4 times | 4 by 2004 | Lhakpa Sherpa | Nepal | ||
| First man to summit 5 times | 5 by 1988 | Sungdare Sherpa | Nepal | ||
| First woman to summit 5 times | 5 by 2005 | Lhakpa Sherpa | Nepal | ||
| First man to summit 6 times | 6 by 1990 | Ang Rita | Nepal | ||
| First woman to summit 6 times | 6 by 2006 | Lhakpa Sherpa | Nepal | ||
| First man to summit 7 times | 7 by 1992 | Ang Rita | Nepal | ||
| First woman to summit 7 times | 7 by 2016 | Lhakpa Sherpa | Nepal | ||
| First person to summit 8 times | 8 by 1993 | Ang Rita | Nepal | ||
| First person to summit 9 times | 9 by 1995 | Ang Rita | Nepal | ||
| First woman to summit 9 times | 9 by 2018 | Lhakpa Sherpa | Nepal | ||
| First person to summit 10 times | 10 by 1996 | Ang Rita | Nepal | ||
| First woman to summit 10 times | 10 by 2022 | Lhakpa Sherpa | Nepal | ||
| First person to summit 11 times | 11 by 2000 | Apa Sherpa | Nepal | ||
| First person to summit 12-21 times | 21 by 2011 | Apa Sherpa | Nepal | ||
| First person to summit 22 times | 22 by 2018 | Kami Rita Sherpa | Nepal | ||
| First person to summit 23 times | 23 by 2019 | Kami Rita Sherpa | Nepal | ||
| First person to summit 24-31 times | 31 by 2025 | Kami Rita Sherpa | Nepal |
Double summiting records
| Record | Holder | Nation | Date | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First dual ascent made by a woman on Mount Everest summit within five days | Anshu Jamsenpa | India | 21 May 2017 |
Fastest ascents
| Record name | Record | Holder | Nation | Date | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fastest ascent from Everest South Base Camp with supplemental oxygen | 10 hours 56 min and 46 sec | Lhakpa Gelu Sherpa | Nepal | May 26, 2003 | |
| Fastest ascent without supplemental oxygen and fastest ascent from Everest North Base Camp | 16 hours and 45 minutes | Hans Kammerlander | Italy | May 24, 1996 | |
| Longest stay on the summit | 21 hours | Babu Chiri Sherpa | Nepal | May 6, 1999 | |
| Fastest woman to climb the summit | 14 hours 31 Minutes | Phunjo Jhangmu Lama | Nepal | May 26, 2024 |
Deadliest accident
| Record name | Record | Date | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Most deaths in one day at Everest | 22 | April 25, 2015 |
Oldest summiters
This table shows the progression of the record for oldest male summiter, as well as some additional examples of aged summiters for comparison
| Record | Holder | Nation | Date | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 80 years, 224 days | Yūichirō Miura (b. 1932) | Japan | 23 May 2013 | |
| 76 years, 340 days | Min Bahadur Sherchan (b. 1931) | Nepal | 2008 | |
| 75 years, 227 days | Yūichirō Miura | Japan | 2008 | |
| 75 years, 134 days | Arthur Bennet Muir | USA | 23 May 2021 | |
| 71 years, 61 days | Katsusuke Yanagisawa | Japan | 22 May 2007 | |
| 70 years, 225 days | Takao Arayama | Japan | May 2006 | |
| 70 years, 222 days | Yūichirō Miura | Japan | May 2003 | |
| 66 years, 139 days | Mario Fernando Villagran | Ecuador | 15 May 2022 | |
| 66 years, | Mario Curnis (b. 1936) | Italy | 24 May 2002 | |
| 65 years, 176 days | Tomiyasu Ishikawa | Japan | 17 May 2002 | |
| 64 years | Sherman Bull | United States | 25 May 2001 | |
| 63 years, 311 days | Toshio Yamamoto | Japan | 2000 | |
| 62 years, 257 days | Aziz Abdileilidaghi | Iran | 14 May 2022 | |
| 60 years, 161 days | Lev Sarkisov | Georgia | 12 May 1999 | |
| 60 years, 160 days | Ramon Balanca (Blanco) Suarez (b. 1933) | Venezuela | 1993 | |
| 55 years | Richard Bass (b. 1929) | United States | April 1985 | |
| 50 years | Chris Bonington (b. 1934) | United Kingdom | April 1985 | |
| 50 years | Jozef Psotka (b. 1934, died on descent) | Czechoslovakia | October 1984 | |
| 50 years, 118 days | Gerhard Schmatz (b. 1929) | West Germany | October 1979 | |
| 49 years, 52 days | Pierre Mazeaud (b. 1929) | France | 15 Oct 1978 | |
| 42 years, 6 months | Sonam Gyatso (b. 1922) | India | 22 May 1965 | |
| 39 years | Tenzing Norgay (b. 1914) | Nepal | 29 May 1953 |
Tenzing Norgay was older than his climbing partner Sir Edmund Hillary, as the first confirmed climbers to reach the summit, they became the modern-day starting point for the oldest and youngest climbers respectively.
This table shows the progression of the record for oldest female summiter.
| Record | Holder | Nation | Date | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 73 years, 180 days | Tamae Watanabe | Japan | 19 May 2012 | |
| 63 years, 297 days | Susanne Mueller Zantop | Germany | 17 May 2018 | |
| 63 years, 177 days | Tamae Watanabe | Japan | 16 May 2002 | |
| 54 years | Maria Paz Valenzuela | Chile | 19 May 2018 | |
| 50 years | Anna Czerwińska | Poland | 22 May 2000 | |
| 47 years, 98 days (died in the 1996 Mount Everest disaster) | Yasuko Namba | Japan | 10 May 1996 | |
| 47 years, 21 days | Mary Lefever | United States | 19 May 1993 | |
| 39 years, 228 days (died on descent) | Hannelore Schmatz | Germany | 10 October 1979 | |
| 35 years, 236 days | Junko Tabei | Japan | 16 May 1975 |
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.
| Record name | Record | Holder | Nation | Date | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Youngest person to climb Mount Everest | 13 years, 10 months, 10 days old | Jordan Romero | United States | May 22, 2010 | |
| Next youngest person and youngest female | 13 years, 11 months, 15 days old | Malavath Purna (female) | India | May 25, 2014 | |
| Next youngest person | 15 years, 9 months old | Ming Kipa Sherpa (female) | Nepal | May 22, 2003 |
Youngest female
| Record name | Record | Holder | Nation | Date | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Youngest girl to climb Mount Everest | 13 years, 11 months, 15 days | Malavath Purna | India | May 25, 2014 | |
| Youngest girl to summit Everest up to that time | 15 years, 9 months | Ming Kipa Sherpa | Nepal | May 22, 2003 | |
| Youngest woman to summit Everest up to that time | 19 years 35 days | Dicky Dolma | India | May 10, 1993 | |
| Youngest woman to summit up to that time | 22 years, 273 days | Kim Soon-jo | South Korea | May 10, 1993 | |
| Youngest woman to summit up to that time | 24 years, 215 days | Santosh Yadav | India | May 12, 1992 | |
| Youngest woman to summit up to that time | 27 years 5 days | Lydia Bradey | New Zealand | October 14, 1988 | |
| Youngest woman to summit up to that time | 29-year 2 days | Sharon Wood | Canada | May 20, 1986 | |
| Youngest woman to summit up to that time | 30 years 28 days | Bachendri Pal | India | May 23, 1984 | |
| First (so both the youngest and oldest) woman to summit up to that time | 35 years 236 days | Junko Tabei | Japan | May 16, 1975 |
See also
- Nimdoma Sherpa
- Samantha Larson
- Nima Chhamzi Sherpa, summited May 19, 2012 at the age of 16.
Firsts
| Record name | Record | Holder | Nation | Date | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First climbers confirmed as having reached the summit | Summited | Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay | New Zealand, Nepal | May 29, 1953 | |
| First woman to reach the summit | Summited | Junko Tabei | Japan | May 16, 1975 | |
| First ascent without supplemental oxygen | Summited | Reinhold Messner and Peter Habeler | Italy, Austria | May 8, 1978 | |
| First winter ascent | Summited | Krzysztof Wielicki and Leszek Cichy | Poland | February 17, 1980 | |
| First solo ascent, simultaneously first solo ascent without supplemental oxygen | Summited | Reinhold Messner | Italy | August 20, 1980 | |
| First paraglider descent from summit | Summited, descended by paraglider | Jean-Marc Boivin | France | September 26, 1988 | |
| First American woman to summit | Summited | Stacy Allison | United States | September 29, 1988 | |
| First British woman to summit | Summited | Rebecca Stephens | United Kingdom | May 17, 1993 | |
| First female ascent without supplemental oxygen | Summited | Lydia Bradey | New Zealand | October 14, 1988 | |
| First married couple to summit | Summited | Andrej Štremfelj and Marija Štremfelj | Slovenia | October 7,1990 | |
| First Nepalese woman to summit (but died while descending) | Summited | Pasang Lhamu Sherpa | Nepal | April 22, 1993 | |
| First Nepalese woman to summit and not die descending | Summited | Lhakpa Sherpa | Nepal | May 18, 2000 | |
| First full descent on skis | Summited, descended by skis | Davo Karničar | Slovenia | October 7, 2000 | |
| First descent on a snowboard | Summited, descended by snowboard | Marco Siffredi | France | May 2001 | |
| First person to reach the summit from three different routes (South Col., North Face and Khangshung Face) | Summited by 3 routes | Kushang Sherpa | India | 1993- 2003 | |
| First black man to summit | Summited | Sibusiso Vilane | South Africa | May 26, 2003 | |
| First two people to marry on top of Mount Everest | Summited, married | Pem Dorjee and Moni Mulepati | Nepal | May 30, 2005 | |
| First black woman and first black American to summit | Summited | Sophia Danenberg | United States | May 19, 2006 | |
| First sisters to summit together | Summited | Darija and Iris Bostjančić | Croatia | May 5, 2009 | |
| First twins to climb Mount Everest together | Summited | Tashi and Nungshi Malik | India | May 19, 2013 | |
| First to climb the Everest Triple Crown | Summited | Kenton Cool and Dorje Gyalgen | United Kingdom, Nepal | May 21, 2013 | |
| First Kazakh woman to summit | Summited | Anar Burasheva | Kazakhstan | May 12, 2024 | |
| First Slovakian woman to summit | Summited | Lucia Janičová | Slovakia | May 12, 2024 | |
| First full descent on skis without supplemental oxygen | Summited, descended by skis | Andrzej Bargiel | Poland | September 22, 2025 |
Disabled summiters
| Record name | Record | Holder | Nation | Date | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amputated foot | Summited Everest | Tom Whittaker | United States | May 27, 1998 | |
| Blind | Summited Everest via South Col | Erik Weihenmayer | United States | May 25, 2001 | |
| Cystic fibrosis | Summited Everest | Nick Talbot | United Kingdom | May 2016 | |
| Left arm amputated | Summited Everest | Gary Guller | United States | May 23, 2003 | |
| Double leg amputee | Summited Everest | Mark Inglis | New Zealand | May 15, 2006 | |
| Right leg amputee | Summited Everest | Nelson Cardona | Colombia | May 17, 2010 | |
| With no fingers | Summited Everest | Kim Hong-Bin | South Korea | May 16, 2007 | |
| Double arm amputee | Summited Everest | Sudarshan Gautam | Nepal Canada | May 20, 2013 | |
| Female amputee (one leg) | Summited Everest | Arunima Sinha | India | May 21, 2013 | |
| Hemophiliac | Summited Everest | Chris Bombardier | United States | May 22, 2017 | |
| Type I diabetes | Summited Everest | Geri Winkler | Austria | May 20, 2006 | |
| Multiple sclerosis first woman | Summited Everest | Lori Schneider | United States | May 23, 2009 | |
| Multiple sclerosis first man | Summited Everest | Niels van Buren | The Netherlands | May 2016 | |
| Granulomatosis with polyangiitis and partially blind | Summited Everest | Cindy Abbott | United States | May 23, 2010 | |
| Crohn's disease and ostomy | Summited South Summit of Everest | Rob Hill | Canada | May 25, 2010 | |
| Cancer survivor (Hodgkins disease and Askin's sarcoma); one lung | Summit | Sean Swarner | United States | May 16, 2002 | |
| Blind | Summited Everest via North Col | Andy Holzer | Austria | May 21, 2017 | |
| First cancer patient | Summited Everest | Ian Toothill | United Kingdom | May 27, 2017 | |
| Double leg amputee and cancer survivor (lymphoma) | Summited Everest | Xia Boyu | China | May 14, 2018 | |
| Deaf | Summited Everest | Satoshi Tamura | Japan | May 21, 2016 |
Other
| Record name | Record | Holder | Nation | Date | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston-Mount Everest Flight Expedition (overflight of summit) | 8848m | David McIntyre and Sir Douglas Douglas-Hamilton | United Kingdom | April 3, 1933 | |
| Highest of rotorcraft landing and take-off | 8848m | Didier Delsalle | France | May, 2005 |
- Elizabeth Hawley, has kept records for Everest from 1960s to at least 2015. (She died in January 2018 at age 94)
- Nations with most summits, U.K - 481 as of 2011.
Skydives Over Mount Everest
| Record Name | Holder | Nation | Date | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highest Number of Solo Jumps | Wendy Elizabeth Smith | New Zealand | October, 2008 | |
| First Solo Skydiver | Wendy Elizabeth Smith | New Zealand | October, 2008 | |
| First Tandem Jump | Tom Noonan - Lucie Fenton | USA - UK | October, 2008 | |
| First American Solo skydive | Omar Alhegelan | USA | October, 2008 | |
| First Australian Highest Tandem | Steve Hennessey | Australia | October, 2008 | |
| First Woman to Summit Everest and Skydive Above it | Maya Gurung | Nepal | October, 2008 | |
| First Nepali Woman Tandem Jump | Maya Gurung | Nepal | October, 2008 | |
| First Iraqi Solo Skydiver | Fareed Lafta | Iraq | October, 2008 | |
| First Swedish Solo Skydiver | Herman S. Duscher | Sweden | October, 2008 | |
| First Danish Highest Tandem Jump | Per Wimmer | Denmark | October, 2008 | |
| First Pakistani Highest Tandem Jump | Namira Salim | Pakistan | October, 2008 | |
| First Belgian Solo Skydive | Christophe De Pauw | Belgium | October, 2008 | |
| First South African Solo Skydive | Adolphe Botha | South Africa | October, 2008 | |
| First Nepali Tandem Jump | Nima Tamang | Nepal | October, 2008 | |
| First Arab Solo Skydive | Naseer Alneyadi | UAE | October, 2008 | |
| First Canadian Solo Skydive | Neil Jones | Canada | October, 2008 | |
| First father & Son Duo Tandem Jumps | Scott Diesel - Lou Diesel | UK | October, 2008 | |
| First British Woman Solo Skydive | Holly Budge | UK | October, 2008 | |
| First Person With Gender Reassignment (M to F) Tandem Jump | Kate Craig-Wood | UK | October, 2008 | |
| First Indian Solo Skydive | Jai Kishan | India | October, 2009 | |
| Highest Landing Woman Solo Skydiver (17,192 ft) | Wendy Elizabeth Smith | New Zealand | November, 2009 | |
| Oldest Solo Skydive (65 years old) | Roger Hoe | UK | October, 2010 | |
| Oldest Tandem Jump (70 years old) | Klaus Gachter | USA | October, 2010 | |
| Highest Altitude Tandem Jump (30,000 ft) | Tom Noonan - Nick Leventis | USA - UK | October, 2010 | |
| First German Solo Skydive | Peter Rotelle | Germany | October, 2010 | |
| First Disabled Person Tandem Jump (Multiple Sclerosis) | Marc Kopp | France | October, 2013 | |
| Youngest Tandem Jump (18 years old) | James George | UK | October, 2013 | |
| First Czech Republic Solo Skydive | Libor Fryzek | Czech Republic | October, 2013 | |
| First Solo Wingsuit Skydive | Ossie Khan | Australia | November, 2014 | |
| First Argentinian Solo Skydive | Pablo Parazoli | Argentina | November, 2016 | |
| First Male to Summit Everest and Skydive Above it | Bibek Pandey | Nepal | November, 2016 | |
| First Moroccan Solo Skydive | Anas Bekkali | Morocco | November, 2017 | |
| Largest Floating Flag | Anas Bekkali | Morocco | November, 2017 | |
| First Indonesian Solo Skydive | Naila Novaranti | Indonesia | November, 2018 | |
| Highest Landing Solo Skydive (20,160 ft) | Paul-Henry de Baere | France | May, 2019 | |
| First Disabled Person Solo Skydive (Paraplegic) | Osama Najaf | Kuwait | November, 2019 | |
| Highest Landing Solo Skydive - Paraplegic Person (12,402 ft) | Osama Najaf | Kuwait | November, 2019 | |
| Largest Floating Kuwaiti Flag | Osama Najaf | Kuwait | November, 2019 | |
| Highest Landing Solo Skydive - Double Amputee (12,402 ft) | Al Hodgson | UK | November, 2019 | |
| First Arab Woman Solo Skydiver | Aliaa Khaja | Kuwait | November, 2019 | |
| First Russian Woman Solo Skydiver | Nadia Solovyeva | Russia | November, 2019 | |
| First Russian Solo Skydiver | Anton Gilev | Russia | November, 2019 | |
| First Danish Solo Skydiver | Kim Bo Larsen | Denmark | November, 2019 |
Nepali records
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. He first climbed Mount Everest in 1989 at the age of 29.
- Phurba Tashi Sherpa (also 21 times)
- Kami Rita Sherpa (24 times by 2019)
- One famous Nepalese female mountaineer 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, stood atop Everest 7 times by 2016 and 8 times by 2017, the most times for woman. She successfully completed her 10th record-breaking ascent of Everest in May 2022.
- Nima Jangmu Sherpa, 28, made the historic ascent on Mount Kanchenjunga on 23 May 2018 morning and became the only woman in the world to climb Nepal's three highest peaks (Mount Everest -14 May 2018, Mount Lhotse - 29 April 2018, Mount Kanchenjunga – 23 May 2018) above 8,000 metres in a single season within 25 days. She has also become the only Nepali woman to stand atop the world's third highest peak, Mount Kanchenjunga.
Other 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 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. The full Nepal route to the summit was not open in 2014 or in 2015, but there was a group that summited from the south side in 2014 as part of a Chinese team that used a helicopter to reach that area.
Most summits in one day
For the mountain overall, the most in one day is May 23, 2019, when 358 reached the top. The previous record was May 19, 2012, when 179-234 reached the top.
Everest base camp records
Records for non-summits such about the main Nepal-side Base camp:
| Record name | Record | Owner | Nation | Date | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fastest run from Lukla to Everest Base Camp (round trip) | 23 hours 42 minutes 13 seconds | Tyler Andrews | United States | Mar 16, 2020 | |
| Fastest run from Everest Base Camp to Kathmandu | 63 hours 8 minutes | Lizzy Hawker | United Kingdom | Apr 18, 2013 | |
| Youngest person to trek to Everest Base Camp | Aged 4 years and 4 month | Virat sheokand | India | 2017 | |
| Youngest person to ever be at the Base Camp | 0 years and 11 months | Ksenia de Cos | Tri-Citizens of Spain, Ukraine, United States | May 2018 | |
| Youngest brothers / siblings to trek to Everest Base Camp | Aged 6, 8, 11 years | James, Tobin and Aidan O'Donnell | United Kingdom | August 2016 | |
| First person with Down's Syndrome to Everest Base Camp | 15 years old | Eli Reimer | United States | 2013 | |
| First Belizean to trek to Everest Base Camp | 34 years old | Nicholas Metzgen | Belize | April 2019 | |
| Youngest Australian to trek to Everest Base Camp | 9 years old | Oscar Squirrell | Australia | April 2017 | |
| First person with cerebral palsy to trek to Everest Base Camp on horseback | 27 years old | Max Stainton | United Kingdom | April 2018 |
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.
Death statistics
See also
- The Himalayan Database
- List of Mount Everest expeditions
- List of 20th-century summiters of Mount Everest
- List of Mount Everest summiters by number of times to the summit
- List of people who died climbing Mount Everest
- 2014 Nepal snowstorm disaster
- List of ski descents of Eight-Thousanders
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