The Sherpas
The first person to stand on the summit of Mount Everest was Edmund Hillary on the 29th May 1953. His climbing guide/partner who also reached the summit was Tenzing Norgay.
On the 16th May 1975 Junko Tabei from Japan became the first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest
The altitude of the summit of Mount Everest is 29.028ft or 8.848m.
The highest part of the summit is about the size of pool table where only around half a dozen climbers can stand at any one time. Nearly all climbers tag this high point and then sit or stand a little lower down where there is more room to move around to take that exclusive summit photograph and to take in the stunning view, providing the weather is on their side.
The most popular and famous person to have reached the summit of Mount Everest is Edmund Hillary because he was the first person to stand on the highest mountain in the world.
The main goal of climbing Mount Everest is to reach the summit and stand on top of the world.
The year that Mount Everest was first climbed was 1953. A climber from New Zealand called Edmund Hillary was the first person to stand on the summit of Mount Everest. He reached the top of the world on May 29th at 11.30 in the morning.
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.
The second person to stand on the summit of Mount Everest was Tenzing Norgay, shortly after Edmund Hillary on the 29th May 1953.
On our map, the summit appears to stand at 27.9880° north latitude 86.9248° east longitude.
This would be impossible to answer as there have been around 7,000 men and woman from all over the world stand on the summit of Mount Everest.
Temba Tsheri Sherpa became the youngest person to stand on the summit of Mount Everest at the age of 15 in 2001.