Mount Everest Climbers: History, Stats & Notable Ascents

As of 2022, over 6,000 people have successfully summited Mount Everest. The exact number is difficult to determine as different sources report varying figures.

Names of some notable climbers:

* Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay: The first people to reach the summit of Mount Everest on May 29, 1953.

* Reinhold Messner: The first person to climb all 14 mountains over 8,000 meters (26,247 feet) without using supplemental oxygen.

* Junko Tabei: The first woman to summit Mount Everest, on May 16, 1975.

* Apa Sherpa: The person with the most Everest summits, with 21 successful ascents.

* Phurba Tashi: The person with the fastest ascent of Everest, completing the climb in 20 hours and 24 minutes in 2004.

* Ang Rita Sherpa: The person who spent the most time on the summit of Everest, staying for over 20 minutes in 1996.

* George Mallory: A British mountaineer who disappeared on Everest in 1924 and whose body was found in 1999.

* Andrew Irvine: A British mountaineer who accompanied Mallory on the 1924 expedition and also disappeared.

* Tenzing Norgay Junior: The son of Tenzing Norgay, who summited Everest in 1996, 43 years after his father's historic ascent.

* David Lama: The youngest person to climb all 14 mountains over 8,000 meters, completing the feat at the age of 25 in 2018.

Note: This list is not exhaustive and there are many other notable mountaineers who have climbed Mount Everest.