Around 300 - 400 people make it to the summit of Mount Everest every year if the conditions are right for climbing. Many more try but fail for different reasons.
Mount Everest is a special mountain to climbers because it is the highest mountain in the world. Climbers from all over the world try every year to reached the highest point on earth.
Over the years thousands of climbers have reached the top on Mount Everest and survived, hundreds try every year.
An average of 2315 people climb mount everst each year
Last year (2016) there had been 641 climbers who reached the summit of Mount Everest.
Every year hundreds and hundreds of climbers from all over the world arrive at Mount Everest base camp hoping to reach the summit.
There is no real 'last' person to climb Mount Everest because every year there are more climbers attempting to reach the summit.
There is no real 'last' person to climb Mount Everest because every year there is more climbers attempting to reach the summit.
There is no danger of Mount Everest ever being destroyed but there is a danger of the mountain becoming damaged by too many climbers on it every year. The paths get worn, there is rockfall and rubbish left.
During 2002 there were 159 climbers who reached the summit of Mount Everest. During 2003 there were 267 climbers who reached the summit of Mount Everest. During 2004 there were 337 climbers who reached the summit of Mount Everest.
Mount Everest affects the community in a good way. It provides many jobs such as cooks, porters, climbers, ice doctors, guides on the mountain every season. Every year thousands of climbers and trekers visit the area of Mount Everest and this brings lots of money. Visitors spend their money on tourist gifts, in the many guest houses on the trek, on permits to climb mountains etc.
There is no real 'last' person to climb Mount Everest because every year there are more climbers attempting to reach the summit.
The country with the most to have reached the summit of Mount Everest is Nepal. This is because the Sherpas live in Nepal and are always working on the mountain every year.