World Record on Mt. Sagarmatha (Everest):

1922: 7 Sherpa climbers died in an avalanche becoming the first reported deaths on Mt.
Everest.

1953: First Summit on May 29, 1953 by Mr. Tenzing Norgay of Nepal & Sir Edmund
Percival Hillary of New Zealand via the South-East Ridge Route. (Lhotse face is to
the South-East Ridge).


1965: Mr. Nawang Gombu Sherpa on May 20, 1965 became the first person to summit
Everest twice. Both of his summits were via the South East Ridge, his first as a
member of Mr. Jim Whittaker's American Expedition where he became the 11th
person to summit Everest. Out of the first seventeen summits of Everest, Nawang
had two of them.

1975: Ms. Junko Tabei of Japan on May 16, 1975 became the first woman to reach the
summit via the South-East Ridge.

1978: First Ascent without bottled oxygen by Mr. Peter Habeler of Austria and Reinhold
Messner of Italy on May 8, 1978 via the South-East Ridge

1980: First Winter ascent by Mr. Krzysztof Wielicki of Poland on February 17, 1980.

1988: First ascent by woman without oxygen Ms. Lydia Bradey of New Zealand on
October 14, 1988.

1990: First married couple to summit together by Mr. Andrej & Mrs. Marija Stremfelj of
Slovenia on October 7, 1990. Marija was also the first Slovenian women to
summit Everest.

1990: First father and son to summit together by Mr. Jean Noel Roche and his son Roche
Bertrand aka Zebulon. They flew together on a tandem paraglider from the south
Col. They landed at base camp on October 7, 1990. Roche Bertrand was 17 years
old at that time and became the youngest non-Nepalese person to ever climb
Everest.

1992: First two brothers to reach the summit together: Mr. Alberto and Mr. Felix
Inurrategui on September 25, 1992.

1993: The first Nepalese woman, Pasang Lhamu Sherpa, summits Everest but died
descending from the summit on April 23, 1993.

1998: Mr. Thomas Whittaker of U.S.A. is the first handicap (one leg artificial) to climb
Mt. Sagarmatha.

1999: Mr. Babu Chhiri Sherpa of Nepal became the first and only climber to sleep on the
summit. Babu spent over 21 hours on the summit of Mt. Everest without oxygen.
He established the fastest record of 16 hrs 56 min. to reach the top on May 21,
2000. He has been successful to summit Mt. Sagarmatha 10 times.

2000: Miss Lhakpa Sherpa of Nepal is the second Nepalese women to successfully
summit Mt. Sagarmatha on May 18, 2000

2000: First Ski descent by Davo Karnicar.

2001: Mr. Temba Chiring Sherpa (16 yrs.) of Nepal is the first youngest mountaineer to
successfully climb Mt. Sagarmatha from north side on May 23, 2001.
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2001: Mr. Erik Weihenmayer of USA became the first ever blind person to summit Mt.
Everest on May 25, 2001.

2002: Miss Pemba Doma Sherpa is the third Nepalese woman to successfully climbed
Mt. Everest from both sides. She first climbed Mt. Everest from north side and
became the first Nepali women to climb from north side on May 29, 2000 and
from south side on May 16, 2002.

2003: Mr. Ang Chhiring Sherpa, correspondent of Kantipur Daily from Nepal
successfully climbed Mt. Sagarmatha on May 22, 2003. He is the first Nepalese
journalist to climb the top of the world.

2003: Mr. Lakpa Gelu Sherpa of Nepal successfully holds the world record of fastest
climbing on the top of world on May 26, 2003 for only 10 Hours 56 minutes and
46 seconds

2003: Mr. Lakpa Gelu Sherpa, Mr. Da Nuru Sherpa and Mr. Jangbu Sherpa, three
brothers scaled Mt. Everest on May 26, 2003 on same day.

2004: Mr. Pemba Dorjee Sherpa of Nepal successfully summit Mt. Sagarmatha by setting
a new world record of fastest climbing. He completed the distance from
Sagarmatha Base Camp to the summit in 8 hours and 10 minutes on May 21,
2004.

2005: Ms. Moni Mulepati (24 Yrs) and Mr. Pem Dorjee (23 Yrs) of Nepal scaled Mt.
Everest together and got married on top of the world on May 30, 2005.

2006: Mr. Lakpa Tharke Sherpa (25 yrs) of Khumjung-9, Solukhumbu climbed
Mt.Everest on May 24, 2006 and took rest for 3 minutes on the top in naked
position of upper part of his body in a surrounding temperature of minus 40
degrees centigrade.

2007: For the first time in human history, Mr. Appa Sherpa and Mr. Lhakpa Gelu Sherpa
jointly released a book named 'Sagarmathako Adhar Sibirbata (From the Everest
base camp)' at the top of the Mt. Everest on May 16, 2007 at 08:45 AM. The
writer of the book is Mr. Prateek Dhakal of Kathmandu- 35, Nepal. The publisher
of the book is Makalu Publication of Kathmandu, Nepal.

2007: Mr. Kami Sherpa, Mr. Sonam Sherpa, Mr. Lhakpa Gelje Sherpa and Mr. Da
Chhamba Sherpa jointly released another book named ' Seti Pani Kali Pani' (Seti
as well as Kali) at the top of Mt. Everest on the same day (May 16, 2007) at
09:45 AM. The writer of the book is also Mr. Prateek Dhakal of Kathmandu- 35,
Nepal. The publisher of the book is Sajha Prakashan, a Government Publication
House of Nepal.

2007: After climbing Mt. Everest by Mr. Pema Tharke Sherpa of Lamabagar- 3, Dolakha
on May 23, 2007, a new world record is built by all seven sons of same parents
Mr. Nim Chhiri Sherpa (father) and Mrs. Pema Buti Sherpa (mother) to climb Mt.
Everest. The successful climbers are Late Ang Chhiri Sherpa (once in 1999), Mr.
Nim Temba Sherpa (once in 1992), Mr. Pema Tharki Sherpa (once in 2007), Mr.
Nima Gombu Sherpa (12 times including China side during 1993-2007), Mr.
Mingma Tsiri Sherpa (12 times including China side during 1995-2007), Mr.
Thundu Sherpa (3 times during 2003-2007), and Mr. Pasang Tenzing Sherpa (4
times during 2003-2007).
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2008: Mr. Appa Sherpa (48yrs) of Nepal successfully climbed Mt. Everest 18th time on
May 22, 2008

2008: Mr. Min Bahadur Sherchan resident of Myagdi district, at the age of 76 years 11
month and 6 days had successfully climbed Mt. Everest on May 5, 2008. He
became the oldest person to reach on the top of the world.

2008: All members of the First Inclusive Women's Sagarmatha Expedition 2008
(FIWSE08) have able to reach on the top of Mt. Everest on spring 2008.

2008: On the day of 22 may, 2008, there was a record of highest person of 135 to reach
on the top of Mt. Everest so far.

2009: Mr. Appa Sherpa of Nepal successfully climbed Mt. Everest 19th time on May 22,
2009.

2010: Mr. Appa Sherpa of Nepal Successfully climbed Mt. Everest 20th time on May 22,
2010.

2011: Mr. Appa Sherpa of Nepal Successfully climbed Mt. Everest 21th time on May 11,
2010.

2011: 9 Nepalese Civil Service Personnels of Nepal Civil Servant First Mountain Everest
Expedition, 2011 team led by secretary of Government of Nepal, Mr. Lilamani
Paudel have successfully climbed Mt. Everest on May 18, 2011.
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