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
Most summits Record nameRecordHolderNationDate Highest number of times to reach the summit 32 Kami Rita SherpaMay 17, 2026
Other number of times records Record nameRecordHolderNationDateMost ascents by a woman11Lhakpa SherpaMay 17, 2026Most summits without supplemental oxygen10Ang RitaMost summits by a foreigner (non-Nepali)19Kenton CoolMay 18, 2025Most ascents by a foreign woman 6Melissa Arnot
Most times per nation Record nameRecordHolderNationDate Overall for Nepal 32Kami Rita Sherpa Overall for the United Kingdom19Kenton CoolOverall for the United States15Garrett Madison and Dave HahnOverall for Argentina13Guillermo "Willie" BenegasOverall for Japan11Overall for New Zealand9Mark Woodward, Dean Staples, Mike Roberts
First to summit a certain number of times Record nameRecordHolderNationDateFirst climbers confirmed as having reached the summitSummitedEdmund Hillary and Tenzing NorgayFirst woman to summit onceSummited Junko TabeiMay 16, 1975First man to summit twice2Nawang Gombu1963, 1965Nawang Gombu First woman to summit twice2Santosh Yadav1992, 1993First man to summit three times3 by 1982Sungdare SherpaFirst woman to summit three times3 by 2003Lhakpa SherpaFirst man to summit 4 times4 by 1985Sungdare SherpaFirst woman to summit 4 times4 by 2004Lhakpa SherpaFirst man to summit 5 times5 by 1988Sungdare SherpaFirst woman to summit 5 times5 by 2005Lhakpa SherpaFirst man to summit 6 times6 by 1990Ang RitaFirst woman to summit 6 times6 by 2006Lhakpa SherpaFirst man to summit 7 times7 by 1992Ang RitaFirst woman to summit 7 times7 by 2016Lhakpa SherpaFirst person to summit 8 times8 by 1993Ang RitaFirst person to summit 9 times9 by 1995Ang RitaFirst woman to summit 9 times9 by 2018Lhakpa SherpaFirst person to summit 10 times10 by 1996Ang RitaFirst woman to summit 10 times10 by 2022Lhakpa SherpaFirst person to summit 11 times11 by 2000Apa SherpaFirst person to summit 12-21 times21 by 2011Apa SherpaFirst person to summit 22 times22 by 2018Kami Rita SherpaFirst person to summit 23 times23 by 2019Kami Rita SherpaFirst person to summit 24-32 times32 by 2026Kami Rita Sherpa
Double summiting records RecordHolderNationDateFirst dual ascent made by a woman on Mount Everest summit within five daysAnshu Jamsenpa21 May 2017
Fastest ascents Record nameRecordHolderNationDateFastest ascent from Everest South Base Campwith supplemental oxygen9 hours 55 minutes 43 sTyler C. AndrewsFastest ascent without supplemental oxygenand fastest ascent from Everest North Base Camp16 hours and 45 minutesHans KammerlanderLongest stay on the summit21 hoursBabu Chiri SherpaFastest woman to climb the summit 14 hours 31 MinutesPhunjo Jhangmu Lama
Deadliest accident Record nameRecordDateMost deaths in one day at Everest22
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 RecordHolderNationDate80 years, 224 days Yūichirō Miura (b. 1932)76 years, 340 daysMin Bahadur Sherchan (b. 1931)75 years, 227 daysYūichirō Miura200875 years, 134 daysArthur Bennet Muir71 years, 61 daysKatsusuke Yanagisawa 70 years, 225 daysTakao Arayama70 years, 222 daysYūichirō Miura66 years, 139 days Mario Fernando Villagran 66 years, Mario Curnis (b. 1936) 65 years, 176 days Tomiyasu Ishikawa 64 yearsSherman Bull63 years, 311 daysToshio Yamamoto62 years, 257 daysAziz Abdileilidaghi60 years, 161 daysLev Sarkisov60 years, 160 daysRamon Balanca (Blanco) Suarez (b. 1933)55 yearsRichard Bass (b. 1929) 50 yearsChris Bonington (b. 1934)50 yearsJozef Psotka (b. 1934, died on descent)50 years, 118 daysGerhard Schmatz (b. 1929)49 years, 52 daysPierre Mazeaud (b. 1929)42 years, 6 monthsSonam Gyatso (b. 1922) 39 yearsTenzing Norgay (b. 1914)
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. RecordHolderNationDate73 years, 180 daysTamae Watanabe63 years, 297 daysSusanne Mueller Zantop63 years, 177 days Tamae Watanabe54 yearsMaria Paz Valenzuela50 yearsAnna Czerwińska47 years, 98 days (died in the 1996 Mount Everest disaster)Yasuko Namba47 years, 21 daysMary Lefever39 years, 228 days (died on descent)Hannelore Schmatz 35 years, 236 daysJunko Tabei Junko Tabei was the first woman to reach the summit, and thus set the initial records for both oldest and youngest female summiter.
Youngest male summiters Due to some variations in record keeping, there may be some variation in the examples.
Record nameRecordHolderNationDateYoungest person to climb Mount Everest13 years, 10 months, 10 days oldJordan RomeroNext youngest person and youngest female13 years, 11 months, 15 days oldMalavath Purna (female)Next youngest person15 years, 9 months oldMing Kipa Sherpa (female)
Youngest female Record nameRecordHolderNationDateYoungest girl to climb Mount Everest13 years, 11 months, 15 daysMalavath PurnaYoungest girl to summit Everest up to that time 15 years, 9 monthsMing Kipa SherpaYoungest woman to summit Everest up to that time19 years 35 daysDicky DolmaMay 10, 1993 Youngest woman to summit up to that time22 years, 273 days Kim Soon-jo May 10, 1993 Youngest woman to summit up to that time24 years, 215 daysSantosh YadavMay 12, 1992Youngest woman to summit up to that time 27 years 5 daysLydia BradeyOctober 14, 1988Youngest woman to summit up to that time29-year 2 daysSharon WoodMay 20, 1986Youngest woman to summit up to that time 30 years 28 days Bachendri Pal May 23, 1984First (so both the youngest and oldest) woman to summit up to that time 35 years 236 daysJunko TabeiMay 16, 1975
See also Nimdoma Sherpa Samantha Larson Nima Chhamzi Sherpa, summited May 19, 2012 at the age of 16.
Firsts Record name RecordHolder Nation DateFirst climbers confirmed as having reached the summitSummitedSir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay, First woman to reach the summitSummited Junko TabeiMay 16, 1975First ascent without supplemental oxygenSummitedReinhold Messner and Peter Habeler, May 8, 1978First winter ascentSummitedKrzysztof Wielicki and Leszek CichyFebruary 17, 1980First solo ascent, simultaneously first solo ascent without supplemental oxygenSummitedReinhold MessnerAugust 20, 1980First paraglider descent from summitSummited, descended by paragliderJean-Marc BoivinSeptember 26, 1988"A view from the top of the world ", BBC News, 15 February 2007, retrieved 6 October 2010First American woman to summitSummitedStacy AllisonSeptember 29, 1988 First British woman to summitSummitedRebecca Stephens May 17, 1993First female ascent without supplemental oxygenSummitedLydia BradeyOctober 14, 1988First married couple to summitSummitedAndrej Štremfelj and Marija ŠtremfeljOctober 7,1990First Nepalese woman to summit (but died while descending)SummitedPasang Lhamu SherpaApril 22, 1993First Nepalese woman to summit and not die descendingSummitedLhakpa SherpaMay 18, 2000First full descent on skisSummited, descended by skisDavo KarničarOctober 7, 2000First descent on a snowboardSummited, descended by snowboardMarco SiffrediMay 2001First person to reach the summit from three different routes (South Col., North Face and Khangshung Face)Summited by 3 routesKushang Sherpa1993- 2003First black man to summit SummitedSibusiso VilaneMay 26, 2003First two people to marry on top of Mount EverestSummited, marriedPem Dorjee and Moni MulepatiMay 30, 2005First black woman and first black American to summitSummitedSophia DanenbergMay 19, 2006First sisters to summit togetherSummitedDarija and Iris BostjančićMay 5, 2009First twins to climb Mount Everest togetherSummitedTashi and Nungshi MalikMay 19, 2013First to climb the Everest Triple CrownSummitedKenton Cool and Dorje Gyalgen,May 21, 2013First Kazakh woman to summitSummitedAnar BurashevaFirst Slovakian woman to summitSummitedLucia JaničováFirst full descent on skis without supplemental oxygenSummited, descended by skisAndrzej BargielSeptember 22, 2025
Disabled summiters Record nameRecordHolderNationDateAmputated footSummited EverestTom WhittakerMay 27, 1998BlindSummited Everest via South ColErik Weihenmayer May 25, 2001 Cystic fibrosisSummited EverestNick Talbot May 2016Left arm amputatedSummited EverestGary GullerMay 23, 2003Featured Everest Expedition: Team Everest '03 EverestNews.comDouble leg amputeeSummited EverestMark InglisMay 15, 2006Right leg amputeeSummited EverestNelson CardonaMay 17, 2010With no fingersSummited EverestKim Hong-BinMay 16, 2007Double arm amputeeSummited EverestSudarshan Gautam May 20, 2013Female amputee (one leg)Summited EverestArunima SinhaMay 21, 2013 HemophiliacSummited EverestChris Bombardier May 22, 2017Type I diabetesSummited EverestGeri WinklerMay 20, 2006Multiple sclerosis first womanSummited EverestLori SchneiderMay 23, 2009Multiple sclerosis first manSummited EverestNiels van Buren May 2016 Granulomatosis with polyangiitis and partially blind Summited EverestCindy AbbottMay 23, 2010Crohn's disease and ostomySummited South Summit of EverestRob HillMay 25, 2010 Cancer survivor (Hodgkins disease and Askin's sarcoma); one lung Summit Sean Swarner May 16, 2002BlindSummited Everest via North ColAndy Holzer May 21, 2017First cancer patientSummited EverestIan ToothillMay 27, 2017Double leg amputee and cancer survivor (lymphoma)Summited EverestXia BoyuMay 14, 2018DeafSummited EverestSatoshi TamuraMay 21, 2016
Other Record nameRecordHolderNationDateHouston-Mount Everest Flight Expedition (overflight of summit)8848m David McIntyre and Sir Douglas Douglas-Hamilton Highest of rotorcraft landing and take-off8848mDidier Delsalle 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