Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the world with its summit at 29,029 feet. Mount Everest has attracted the attention of many explorers, both in the past and present generation. Climbing routes have been established over several decades of the mountain climbing expedition. It is not known if the mountain was climbed in ancient times. However, it may have been climbed in 1924. The first recorded summit of Mount Everest took place in 1953 and by 1987, only the 200 had reached the summit. By 2012, the mountain had been summed in relation to 5,650 times with the death of 223. Among the people who reached the summit of Everest, let us quote:
Apa sherpa
Apa Sherpa is a Nepalese mountaineer who holds the record alongside Phurba Tashi for having visited the summit of Mount Everest more than any other mountaineer. It made its 21st summit in 2011 as part of the Eco Everest Expedition. Apa was born in Thame in the Everest region of Nepal in 1960. After four attempts, he reached the top of Mount Everest for the first time May 13-10, with a New Zealand team led by Rob Lobby. He started his work as a Sherpa for the high altitude expedition in 1990 and peaked every year between 1990 and 1990, except for 2011 and 1996. All but three of his climbs took place in the month of may.
Phurba Tashi Sherpa
Phurba Tashi Sherpa is known to jointly hold the record for the highest climbs on Mount Everest. He also holds the record for most climbs of 30, including 21 on Mount Everest, 5 on Cho Oyu and one on Lhotse and Shishapangma. He reached the summit of Mount Everest for the 21st of May, 21, 2013, and climbed the mountain three times in 2007. Tashi is the key figure in the 2015 documentary which highlights the events of the ice avalanches in 2014 Mount Everest. He retired from mountaineering and is currently living in Khumjung, Nepal.
Ang Dorje Sherpa
Ang Dorje is a Nepalese guide and mountaineer who climbed the 18 times of Mount Everest. He is well known for the Everest Expedition in the spring of 1996, when a storm killed eight people on several expeditions considered to be the most disastrous in Everest mountaineering history. He reached Everest summit for the 18th time in 2016 after first climbing the mountain in 1992. He has also climbed Cho Oyu seven times since 1995 and has also climbed several other mountains, including Broad Peak , Gasherbrum II and Ama Dablam.
Dave hahn
Dave Hahn is a mountain guide and journalist. He also teaches at a Japanese university. He reached the summit of Everest as many times as any non-Sherpa mountaineer who reached summit 15. He reached the summit of 15 in May during the 2013 after having reunited Mount Everest for the first time in 1994. Among his other achievements, let us quote the peak times 35 of Vinson Massif and the reaching of the peak of times 21 of Denali during the expeditions 30.
Who summed up Mount Everest more times than anyone else?
| Rank | Number of times summarized | Achiever | Nation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 21 | Apa sherpa | Nepal |
| 2 | 21 | Phurba Tashi Sherpa | Nepal |
| 3 | 19 | Chhewang Nima | Nepal |
| 4 | 19 | Kami Rita Sherpa | Nepal |
| 5 | 19 | Mingma Tsiri Sherpa | Nepal |
| 6 | 18 | Ang Dorje Sherpa | Nepal |
| 7 | 17 | Lakpa Rita Sherpa | Nepal |
| 8 | 16 | Nima Gombu Sherpa | Nepal |
| 9 | 15 | Dave hahn | United States |
| 10 | 15 | Kame Sherpa | Nepal |
| 11 | 12 | Chje Dorje Sherpa | Nepal |
| 12 | 12 | Kenton Cool | United Kingdom |
| 13 | 10 | Tashi Tshering | Nepal |
| 14 | 11 | Guillermo “Willie” Benegas | Argentina |
| 15 | 10 | Ang Rita Sherpa | Nepal |
| 16 | 10 | Babu Chiri Sherpa | Nepal |
| 17 | 10 | Panuru Sherpa | Nepal |
| 18 | 10 | Karsang Namgyal Sherpa | Nepal |
| 19 | 10 | Namgyal Sherpa | Nepal |
| 20 | 10 | Vern Tejas | United States |