Editing Mount Everest (section)

===Selected climbing records===

{{main|Timeline of climbing Mount Everest}}
[[File:KhumbuIcefall.jpg|thumb|The Khumbu Icefall in 2005]]
[[File:Western Cwm - 14th May 2011.jpg|thumb|The Western Cwm ("Coom"), with Everest on the left and [[Lhotse]] to the right]]<!--
[[File:Min Bahadur Sherchan.jpg|thumb|Min Bahadur Sherchan was nearly 77 years old when he reached the top on his first attempt]]
[[File:Apa Sherpa.jpg|thumb|Apa Sherpa has reached the summit 21 times]]-->

By the end of the 2010 climbing season, there had been 5,104 ascents to the summit by about 3,142 individuals.<ref name="8000ers">{{cite web|url=http://www.8000ers.com/cms/de/everest-general-info-185.html|title=Full list of all ascents of Everest up to and including 2010|publisher=8000ers.com|date=24 September 2011|access-date=28 September 2011}}</ref> Some notable "firsts" by climbers include:

* '''1922''': First climb to {{convert|8000|m|ft|0}}, by [[George Mallory]], [[Edward Felix Norton|Col. Felix Norton]], and [[Howard Somervell]]
* '''1952''': First climb to [[South Col]] by [[1952 Swiss Mount Everest expedition]]
* '''1953''': First ascent, by [[Tenzing Norgay]] and [[Edmund Hillary]] on [[1953 British Mount Everest expedition]]
* '''1960''': First reported ascent from the North Ridge by [[Wang Fuzhou]], [[Gongbu (mountaineer)|Gonpo]] and Qu Yinhua of China.<ref name=NorthRidge/>
* '''1975''': First female ascent, by [[Junko Tabei]] (16 May).<ref name="8000ers"/><ref name=JapanTimes/>
* '''1975''': First female ascent from the North Ridge, by [[Phanthog]], deputy head of the second Chinese Everest expedition that sent nine climbers to the summit (27 May).<ref name="Messner2014">{{cite book|author=Reinhold Messner|title=Everest: Expedition to the Ultimate|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5IVrBgAAQBAJ&pg=PT283|year=2014|publisher=Vertebrate Graphics Limited|isbn=978-1-910240-21-2|page=283}}</ref><ref name="West2013">{{cite book|author=John B West|title=High Life: A History of High-Altitude Physiology and Medicine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=o0rhBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA487|year=2013|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-1-4614-7573-6|page=487}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=http://xz.people.com.cn/GB/139204/155208/ | title=Pāndēng zhū fēng chuánqí | newspaper=People's Daily | language=zh | trans-title=Everest Legend | script-title=zh:攀登珠峰传奇 | access-date=16 October 2015 | archive-date=4 March 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304042135/http://xz.people.com.cn/GB/139204/155208/ | url-status=dead }}</ref>
* '''1978''': First ascent without supplemental oxygen by [[Reinhold Messner]] and [[Peter Habeler]]<ref name="NOVA_fwo">{{cite web|url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/everest/history/firstwoo2.html|title=Everest – First without oxygen|publisher=PBS|website=NOVA Online|year=2000|access-date=28 March 2008}}</ref>
* '''1978''': First solo ascent, by [[Franz Oppurg]]<ref name="fröhlich">{{cite web |url=https://tirol.orf.at/v2/news/stories/2933228/ |first=Helena |last=Fröhlich |title=Der vergessene Everest-Solist |date=14 September 2018 |language=de |publisher=[[ORF (broadcaster)|ORF]] |accessdate=25 December 2021}}</ref> 
* '''1980''': First winter ascent, by Polish National Expedition Winter 1979/1980 ([[Leszek Cichy]] and [[Krzysztof Wielicki]]<ref name="Starr, Daniel">{{cite web|url=http://www.alpinist.com/doc/web11w/wfeature-polish-winter|title=Golden Decade: The Birth of 8000m Winter Climbing|website=Alpinist.com|date=18 March 2011|access-date=28 May 2013|author=Starr, Daniel}}</ref><ref name="Mt Everest History and facts">{{cite web|url=http://www.mnteverest.net/history.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19990508005314/http://www.mnteverest.net/history.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=8 May 1999 |title=Mt Everest History and facts |website=Mnteverest.net |access-date=17 June 2016}}</ref>)
* '''1980''': Second solo ascent, and the first without supplemental oxygen, by Reinhold Messner<ref name="NOVA_fwo"/>
*'''1981''': Third solo ascent, by [[Peter Hackett (mountaineer)|Peter Hackett]]<ref>{{cite book |last=West |first=John B. |title=Everest: The Testing Place |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nmfxsroNQ70C&pg=PA184 |location=New York |publisher=McGraw-Hill |year=1985 |isbn=0070695024}}</ref>
* '''1988''': First "cross-over" climb by Chinese, Japanese and Nepali teams which ascended the peak simultaneously from both the North and South sides of the mountain and descended down the other side.<ref name=JapanTimes>{{cite news|url=http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2012/05/27/general/japans-everest-timeline/#.ViEy9fmqqkq|last=Victoria|first=James|title=Japan's Everest timeline|newspaper=Japan Times|date=27 May 2012}}</ref> The cross-over climb was also the first to be recorded on live broadcast television.
* '''1988''': First descent by paraglider, by [[Jean-Marc Boivin]]<ref name="A view from the top of the world"/>
* '''1988''': First female ascent without supplemental oxygen by [[Lydia Bradey]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.everesthistory.com/firsts.htm|title=Firsts|work=Everest History.com|access-date=8 February 2014}}</ref>
* '''1998''': Fastest to reach the summit via the Southeast Ridge (South Col), without supplemental oxygen, by Kazi Sherpa, in 20 hours and 24 minutes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://classic.mountainzone.com/news/everestspeed.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121116233333/http://classic.mountainzone.com/news/everestspeed.html|archive-date=16 November 2012|title=Sherpa Attempts Everest Speed Climbing Record|work=Classic.mountainzone.com|access-date=24 October 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.everestsummiteersassociation.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=24&Itemid=27|title=New/Old Records Record|work=everestsummiteersassociation.org|access-date=30 April 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=1999 American Alpine Journal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UhmT3_I_xU4C&q=everest,+south+col/southeast+ridge,+speed+ascent&pg=PA374|access-date=25 April 2015|publisher=American Alpine Club Press|isbn=978-1-933056-46-3|page=374}}</ref>
* '''2000''': First descent by ski by [[Davo Karničar]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/the-man-who-skied-down-everest-637610.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130622111343/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/the-man-who-skied-down-everest-637610.html|archive-date=22 June 2013|title=The man who skied down Everest|newspaper=The Independent | location=London|first=Julia|last=Stuart|date=10 October 2000}}</ref>
* '''2001''': First ascent by a blind climber, [[Erik Weihenmayer]]<ref name=":7">{{cite news|last=Greenfeld|first=Karl|title=Adventure: Blind To Failure|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1000120,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070505060841/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1000120,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 May 2007|access-date=7 May 2013|newspaper=Time Magazine|date=18 June 2001}}</ref>
* '''2001''': [[Lhakpa Sherpa]] becomes first Nepali woman to summit Everest and survive.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sawnet.org/whoswho/?Sherpa+Lhakpa|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050220231600/http://sawnet.org/whoswho/?Sherpa+Lhakpa|url-status=dead|archive-date=20 February 2005|title=SAWNET: Who's Who: Lhakpa Sherpa}}</ref>
* '''2004''': Fastest to reach the summit via the Southeast Ridge (South Col), with supplemental oxygen, by [[Pemba Dorje]], in 8 hours and 10 minutes.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/3734931.stm|work=BBC News|title=Sherpa sets record Everest time|date=21 May 2004}}</ref>
* '''2006''': Lhakpa Sherpa summits for the 6th time, breaking her own record for most successful female Everest climber.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.outsideonline.com/2078361/most-successful-female-everest-climber-all-time-housekeeper-hartford-connecticut|title=The Most Successful Female Everest Climber of All Time Is a Housekeeper in Hartford, Connecticut|author=Grayson Schaffer|website=Outside Online|date=10 May 2016}}</ref>
* '''2007''': Fastest to reach the summit via the Northeast Ridge, without supplemental oxygen, by [[Christian Stangl]], in 16 hours, 42 minutes.<ref name=sz2>{{cite news|url=http://www.sueddeutsche.de/leben/weltrekord-geglueckt-stunden-minuten-1.788421|title=58 Stunden, 45 Minuten|newspaper=[[Süddeutsche Zeitung]]|date=10 December 2007|language=de}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.bergsteigen.com/news/16-stunden-auf-den-mount-everest | title=In 16 Stunden auf den Mount Everest | publisher=bergsteigen.com | date=30 May 2006 | access-date=16 June 2016 | language=de | trans-title=In 16 hours to Mount Everest}}</ref>
* '''2010''': Youngest male to reach the summit, by [[Jordan Romero]] (13 years and 10 months old)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://explorersweb.com/everest_k2/news.php?id=19380|title=Everest K2 News Explorersweb – the pioneers checkpoint|publisher=Explorersweb.com|date=21 May 2010|access-date=22 August 2010}}</ref>
* '''2011''': Most times to reach the summit, [[Apa Sherpa]] (21 times; 10 May 1990&nbsp;– 11 May 2011)<ref>{{Cite web|date=27 October 2018|title=Weekend Warm-Up: Loved by All – The Story of Apa Sherpa|url=https://explorersweb.com/2018/10/27/weekend-warm-up-loved-by-all-the-story-of-apa-sherpa/|access-date=27 May 2021|website=Explorersweb}}</ref>
* '''2013''': Apa Sherpa tied for most times to reach the summit by [[Phurba Tashi]] (21 times; 1999–2013)
* '''2013''': Melissa Arnot, American, summits for the fifth time, breaking her own record for most successful summits by any non-Sherpa woman.<ref>{{cite web|last=O'Neil |first=Devon |url=https://www.espn.com/espnw/athletes-life/story/_/id/9966961/espnw-melissa-arnot-conquered-mount-everest-five-times-american-hailed-hero-playing-peacemaker-mountain-slopes |title=espnW – Melissa Arnot has conquered Mount Everest five times, but American is hailed as hero for playing peacemaker on mountain's slopes |publisher=Espn.go.com |date=14 November 2013 |access-date=17 June 2016}}</ref>
* '''2014''': Youngest female to reach the summit, by [[Malavath Purna]] (13 years and 11 months old)
* '''2017''': Kami Rita Sherpa of Alpine Ascents reaches 21 ascents to the summit.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.india.com/news/agencies/nepals-kami-rita-becomes-third-person-to-scale-mt-everest-21-times-2176292/|title=Nepal's Kami Rita becomes third person to scale Mt. Everest 21 times|first=IANS|last=Feeds|date=27 May 2017|website=india.com|access-date=23 October 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/lifestyle/viral-and-trending/270517/nepalese-creates-record-by-scaling-mount-everest-21-times.html|title=Nepalese creates record by scaling Mount Everest 21 times|date=27 May 2017|website=[[Deccan Chronicle]]|access-date=23 October 2017}}</ref>
* '''2019''': Kami Rita Sherpa reaches 24 ascents to the summit.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/may/21/nepali-kami-rita-sherpa-scales-everest-record-24-times-with-one-more-to-go|title=Nepalese climber scales Everest record 24 times – with one more to go|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=24 May 2019|date=21 May 2019}}</ref>
* '''2021''': Kami Rita Sherpa reaches 25 ascents to the summit.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.outsideonline.com/2423782/kami-rita-sherpa-just-broke-his-own-everest-record|title=Kami Rita Sherpa Just Broke His Own Everest Record|website=Outside Online|author=Alan Arnette|date=12 May 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | website=AP News | date=7 May 2021 | title=Sherpa guide scales Mount Everest for record 25th time | url=https://apnews.com/article/health-coronavirus-pandemic-7c4c68078db4b0dd16c19a5abbb9e209 | access-date=4 July 2022}}</ref>
* '''2022''': Kami Rita Sherpa reaches 26 ascents to the summit,<ref name="26th">{{cite news|url=https://newsonair.gov.in/News?title=Nepal%26%2339%3Bs-Kami-Rita-Sherpa-climbs-Mount-Everest-for-26th-time-to-set-new-world-record&id=440522 |title=Nepal's Kami Rita Sherpa climbs Mount Everest for 26th time to set new world record |publisher=newsonair.gov.in |date=8 May 2022 |access-date=4 July 2022}}</ref> and Pasang Dawa Sherpa reaches 25 ascents to the summit.<ref name="NepalNews2">{{cite web |url=https://nepalnews.com/s/travel-and-tourism/nepali-climber-who-climbed-everest-25-times |title=Nepali climber who climbed Everest 25 times |author=Raju Silwal |publisher=nepalnews.com |date=22 May 2022 |access-date=4 July 2022}}</ref><ref name="Desnivel">{{cite web |url=https://www.desnivel.com/expediciones/pasang-dawa-sherpa-y-ngima-nuru-sherpa-acechan-el-record-de-cimas-en-el-everest/ |title=Pasang Dawa Sherpa y Ngima Nuru Sherpa acechan el récord de cimas en el Everest |author= Isaac Fernández |work=desnivel.com |language=es|date=27 May 2022 |access-date=4 July 2022}}</ref>
* '''2023''': Kami Rita Sherpa reaches 28 ascents to the summit.<ref name="28thclimb">{{Cite news |first=Binaj |last=Gurubacharya |url=https://apnews.com/article/everest-record-climber-sherpa-guide-kami-rita-be5fff33229553bac11f34598e56a1d1 |title=Sherpa guide Kami Rita scales Mount Everest for a record 28th time |date=May 23, 2023 |publisher=[[AP News]] |access-date=May 23, 2023}}</ref>
* '''2024''': Kami Rita Sherpa reaches 30 ascents to the summit.<ref name="30thclimb">{{cite news|url=https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20240522-nepali-reaches-summit-of-everest-for-record-30th-time |title=Nepal's 'Everest Man' claims record 30th summit |publisher=france24.com |date=22 May 2024 |access-date=22 May 2024}}</ref><ref name="30thclimb_2">{{cite news|title=Kami Rita Sherpa scales Mt Everest for 30th time breaking own record|url=https://thehimalayantimes.com/ampArticle/1027140 |date=22 May 2024 |access-date=22 May 2024|work=The Himalayan Times}}</ref>