On the 25 May 2008 76-year-old Min Bahadur Sherchan from Nepal became the oldest person to summit Mount Everest
Japanese climber Tamae Watanabe, became the oldest woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest on the 19th May 2012, at the age of 73 years and 180 days oldTamae Wantanabe(73) of Japan
The fourth person to reach the summit of Mount Everest was Ernst Schmied from Switzerland.
The third climber to reach the summit of Mount Everest was Jürg Marmet from Switzerland. He reached the summit on the 23rd May 1956.The third person to reach the summit of Mount Everest was Jurg Marmet on the 23rd May 1956
A Japanese man called Yuichiro Miura managed to reach the summit of mont Everest at the age of 70
Erik Weihenmayer was the first blind person to reach the summit of Mount Everest on the 25th May 2001
On the 25 May 2008 Min Bahadur Sherchan age 76 from Nepal became the oldest person to summit Mount Everest.
Erik WeihenmayerErik Weihenmayer was the first blind person to reach the summit of Mount Everest, on May 25, 2001.
The youngest person is American teenager Jordan Romero age 13 who reached the summit of Mount Everest in 2010. The oldest person is Min Bahadur Sherchan age 76 from Nepal who reached the summit of Mount Everest in 2008.
Edmund Hillary was the first person to reach the summit of Mount Everest on the 29th May 1953
Edmund Hillary was the first person to reach the summit of Mount Everest on the 29th May 1953.
It was important for someone to reach the summit of Mount Everest as the North and South Poles had been reached and the summit of Mount Everest was the last big adventure for man.