List of Mount Everest records


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

Records

Highest number of times to reach the summit

† - Non-Nepali or Tibetan
Record nameRecordOwnerNationDateRef
Highest number of times to reach the summit24Kami Rita SherpaNepal

Other number of times records

† - Non-Nepali or Tibetan
Record nameRecordOwnerNationDateRef
Most ascents by a woman9Huliwanna ScrogginsUnited States
Most summits without supplemental oxygen10Ang RitaNepal
Most summits by a foreigner †15Dave HahnUnited States
Most ascents by a foreign womanUnited States--

Most times per nation

First to summit a certain number of times

Double summiting records

Fastest ascents

*Pemba Dorje's Everest record has now been rejected by the Nepal Supreme Court, the Nepal Ministry of Tourism, and Guinness World Records.

Deadliest accident

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
RecordOwnerNationDateRef
80 years, 224 daysYūichirō Miura Japan
76 years, 340 daysMin Bahadur Sherchan Nepal2008
75 years, 227 daysYūichirō MiuraJapan2008
71 years, 61 daysKatsusuke YanagisawaJapan
70 years, 225 daysTakao ArayamaJapanMay 2006
70 years, 222 daysYūichirō MiuraJapanMay 2003
66 years,Mario Curnis Italy
65 years, 176 daysTomiyasu IshikawaJapan
64 yearsSherman BullUnited States
63 years, 311 daysToshio YamamotoJapan2000
60 years, 161 daysLev SarkisovGeorgia
60 years, 160 daysRamon Balanca Suarez Venezuela1993
55 yearsRichard Bass United StatesApril 1985
50 yearsChris Bonington United KingdomApril 1985
50 yearsJozef Psotka CzechoslovakiaOctober 1984
50 years, 118 daysGerhard Schmatz West GermanyOctober 1979
49 years, 52 daysPierre Mazeaud France15 Oct 1978
42 years, 6 monthsSonam Gyatso India22 May 1965
39 yearsTenzing Norgay Nepal29 May 1953

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.
RecordOwnerNationDateRef
73 years, 180 daysTamae WatanabeJapan
63 years, 177 daysTamae WatanabeJapan
50 yearsAnna CzerwińskaPoland
47 years, 98 days Yasuko NambaJapan
47 years, 21 daysMary LefeverUnited States
39 years, 228 days Hannelore SchmatzGermany
35 years, 236 daysJunko TabeiJapan16 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 nameRecordOwnerNationDateRef
Youngest person to climb Mount Everest13 years, 10 months, 10 days oldJordan RomeroUnited States
Youngest person to climb Mount Everest 13 years, 11 months, 15 days oldMalavath Purna India
Youngest person to climb Mount Everest 16 years, 14 days oldTemba TsheriNepal
Youngest person to climb Mount Everest 17 years, 4 months oldAkash ChaddhaIndia

Purna was about a month older than Romero at the time of her summiting in 2014:
Record nameRecordOwnerNationDateRef
Next youngest person and youngest female13 years 11 months oldMalavath PurnaIndia

Youngest female

See also

Disabled summiters

Other

Many Mount Everest records are held by Nepali, especially those from the Sherpa region.
Other 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 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 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 nameRecordOwnerNationDateRef
Fastest run from Everest Base Camp to Kathmandu63 hours 8 minutesLizzy HawkerUnited Kingdom
Youngest person to trek to Everest Base CampAged 3 years and 0 monthsLia Arizona de CosTri-Citizens of Spain, Ukraine, United StatesMay 2018
Youngest person to ever be at the Base Camp0 years and 11 monthsKsenia de CosTri-Citizens of Spain, Ukraine, United StatesMay 2018
Youngest brothers / siblings to trek to Everest Base CampAged 6, 8, 11 yearsJames, Tobin and Aidan O'DonnellUnited KingdomAugust 2016
First person with Down's Syndrome to Everest Base Camp15 years oldEli ReimerUnited States2013
First Belizean to trek to Everest Base Camp34 years oldNicholas MetzgenBelizeApril 2019
Youngest Australian to trek to Everest Base Camp9 years oldOscar SquirrellAustraliaApril 2017
First Person with Cerebral Palsy to trek to Everest Base Camp on horsebackAge: 27Max StaintonUnited KingdomApril 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