Probably around 500 people reached the summit of Everest but a lot more tried and failed.
its impossible to say because a different number summit every year and we have no records of people who have climbed in the past.
Last year (2016) there had been 641 climbers who reached the summit of Mount Everest.
Over 20,000 people reach its summit each year
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.
Around 5,000 people from all over the world have reached the summit of Mount Everest to date. 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.
During the year 2007 a total of 632 climbers reached the summit of the highest mountain in the world, Mount Everest. Of the 632 climbers that reached the top only 34 of them were woman.
Yes, every year around 200 -300 make it to the summit of Mount Everest. To date around 5,000 people from all over the world have reached the top of the world.
This year's Answers Summit is expected to see over 50 WikiAnswerers.
Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay reached the summit of Mount Everest on Friday 29th May 1953
The summit of Mount Everest was first reached on the 29th May 1953
Tenzing Norgay reached the summit of Mount Everest in 1953.
In 2009 there had been 50 American mountaineers who reached the summit of Mount Everest.