List of Mount Everest records

This article lists different records related glasses Mount Everest. One of the most commonly sought after records is a "summit", to reach the highest elevation point on Mount Everest.

† - Non-Nepali or Tibetan

This table shows the progression of the record for oldest male summiter.

Norgay was older than Hillary, so they became the modern day starting point for oldest and youngest climbers respectively.

This table shows the progression of the record for oldest female summiter.

Junko Tabei was the first woman to reach the summit, and thus set the initial records for both oldest and youngest female summiter.

Due to some variations in record keeping, there may be some variation in the examples

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See also

Many Mount Everest records are held by Nepali, especially those from the Sherpa region who are synonymous with hospitality, hard-work, and brave alpinism.

Another examples of noted Nepali Everest mountaineers:

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 a 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. What he was saying was that in that Sherpa's did not summit in 2014 or in 2015, which created confusion, because the group that summited was part of a Chinese team.

Records for non-summits such about the main Nepal-side Base camp:

Youngest children to trek to Everest Base Camp

3 total 25 years, 6 months

James, Tobin and Aidan O'Donnell

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.

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