Around 5,000 people from all over the world have reached the summit of Mount Everest to date
There has been approx 200 climbers die while on Mount Everest.
Climbers risk their lives by climbing on Mount Everest for the thrill, challenge and adventure.
Climbers who climb on Mount Everest come from all over the world.
During the British Mount Everest expeditions of the 1920's, the British teams were the only climbers on the mountain at the time, they saw no other climbers.
Today, there would be lots of climbers, sometimes many hundreds heading for the summit of Mount Everest at the same time.
Tenzing Norgay and Sir Edmund Hillary were the first climbers to reach the summit of Mount Everest on May 29, 1953.
In 2007 there had been 632 climbers who reached the summit of Mount Everest.
There have been 6 climbers from Bangladesh reach the summit of Mount Everest.
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.
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Each climbing season finds many climbers attempting to reach the summit of Mount Everest. The climbers employ many sherpas, so providing a living for the local people.