Around 5,000 people from all over the world have reached the summit of Mount Everest to date
on the 14 april 2011
start with wikipedia...
As far as I know there has been know 8 year old person that has climbed Mount Everest. For a start there is a certian age you have to be to climb on Mount Everest, I think this is around 15 or 16.
Edmund Hillary and his team mates arrived at Mount Everest Base Camp early April 1953
To be sure you are fit and ready for your big climb you should start training at least 1 year earlier. Read the article at the link to find out more about training to climb Mount Everest.
If you are thinking about climbing Mount Everest then you will probably already be aware that there is a lot of equipment that you are going to have to buy or rent. What many people do not realize is that this is not only going to cost you a lot of money, but also that many people are totally unaware of the sheer volume of things that they need before they start their expedition. You can see a full list of items needed to climb Mount Everest at the link given
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The first teams to attempt to climb Mount Everest was the British back in 1921. They had a Base Camp as they knew it would be impossible to climb the mountain without having to sleep and rest somewhere on the way up and back down. Today there are usually four camps used before reaching the summit.
If you are thinking about climbing Mount Everest then you will probably already be aware that there is a lot of equipment that you are going to have to buy or rent. What many people do not realize is that this is not only going to cost you a lot of money, but also that many people are totally unaware of the sheer volume of things that they need before they start their expedition. There is a full equipment list at the link given.
The British Mount Everest expedition that Edmund Hillary was a member of reached base camp on the 12th April 1953. They would have rested for a few days before starting on there climb of the mountain.
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If you are thinking about climbing Mount Everest then you will probably already be aware that there is a lot of equipment that you are going to have to buy or rent. What many people do not realize is that this is not only going to cost you a lot of money, but also that many people are totally unaware of the sheer volume of things that they need before they start their expedition. You can see a full list of equipment and clothing needed at the link given.