The first person to reach the summit was...or the first people to reach the summt were Sir Edmund Hllary and Tenzig Norgay
Erik WeihenmayerErik Weihenmayer was the first blind person to reach the summit of Mount Everest, on May 25, 2001.
On 15 May 2006, after forty days of climbing, Mark Inglis became the first ever double amputee to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
Doug Scott became the first Briton to reach the summit of Mount Everest on the 24th September 1975
On the 5th October 1982 Laurie Skreslet became the first Canadian to reach the summit of Everest.
Dale Abenojar became the first Filipino to reach the summit of Everest on the 15th May 2006.
Jim Whittaker became the first American to reach the summit of Mount Everest on the 1st May 1963
When Edmund Hillary went to Mount Everest he climbed it and became the first person to reach the summit.
Junko Tabei from Japan became the first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest in 1975.
Tom Whittaker from USA became the first disabled (has an artifical leg) person to reach the summit of Mount Everest on the 27th May 1998.
Erik Weihenmayer was the first blind person to reach the summit of Mount Everest on the 25th May 2001
Ed Hillary became famous once he became the first person to reach the summit of Mount Everest in 1953.
Tom Whittaker from USA became the first disabled/handicapped (has an artificial leg) person to reach the summit of Mount Everest on the 27th May 1998.