S.N Name Country Date Route Name of the Team Leader
1 Tenzing Norgay Nepal 29.5.1953 South Col British Expedition Lord John Hunt
2 Edmund Hillary Newzealand 29.5.1953 " " "
3 Ernst Schmied Switzerland 23.5.1956 " Swiss Expedition Alber Eggler

S.N Name Country Date Route:
1 Mrs. Junko Tabei Japan 16.5.1975 South Col
2 Ms. Wanda Rutkewicz Poland 16.10.1978 "
3 Ms. Bachendripal India 23.5.1984 South E. Ridge
4 Ms. Stacy Marie Allison USA 29.9.1988 South Col
5 Ms. Santosh Yadav India 12.5.1992 S.E. Ridge

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).

Mt. Sagarmatha or Everest
Mt. Sagarmatha (Mount Everest) is the world's highest mountain. Sagarmatha
rises to 8848 meters (29,028 Feet) above the sea level.
Since the late 19th century, adventurous spirits have been fascinated with the

Foreword
Nepal has eight of the world’s fourteen highest mountain peaks. It is the
home to some of the highest, most rugged and difficult terrain in the world. The
highest peak in the world-Mount Everest (Sagarmatha) and other high peaks