The classic answer given was 'Because it is there'
If I had the money and experience I would love to climb Mount Everest. Why? So I can push myself to the limit of my endurance.
Probably yes, as it is not so high as Mount Everest and eaiser to climb.
The tenth man to climb Mount Everest was Jim Whittaker on the 1st May 1963, he was the first American to do so.
Mount Everest is important because it is the highest mountain in the world.
I'm taking it your question is 'Who were the two people to climb mount Everest and reach the top?' If so, the first two people to climb Mount Everest were Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay, they climbed the Mountain in May 1955.
He did this because he wanted to achieve something for his Family and Friends. He was already very into climbing and thought it was appropriate to 'climb the unclimbed'. So he joined the British exploring team. They started there climb up Mount Everest led by John Hunt. He was 33 when he started the climb up Mount Everest and it was the 29 of May!
A.S Cheema was the first Indian climber to reach the summit of Mount Everest, he did so on the 20th May 1965
Junko Tabei from Japan was the first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest. She did so on the 16th May 1975.
Stacy Allison reached the summit of Mount Everest on the 29th May 1988 and became the first american woman to do so.
The next person to climb to the top of Mount Everest is likely to be a Sherpa. It is the sherpas who fix the trail from the bottom to the top of the mountain so they will be up there before anyone else.
so your not old (?)
Reinhold Messner was the first person to reach the summit of Mount Everest as a 'solo' climb. He did so on the 20th August 1980.