Mount Everest is the world's highest mountain at 8,848.86 metres (29,031.7 ft) and thus a particularly desirable peak for mountaineers. This is a list of people who reached the summit of Mount Everest in the 20th century. Overall about 1,383 people summited Everest between 1953 and the end of 2000.[1] [2]
Mount Everest from the northern side. The snowy peak catching light in front of Everest is Changtse . A post-card of Everest from the 1920s, the view from Rongbuk glacier (north side)
Only six people summited Mount Everest in the 1950s:[1]
In total, 18 people summited in the 1960s.[4]
Wang Fuzhou , Gonpo Dorje , and Chu Ying-hua on May 25, 1960. The 1960 Chinese Mount Everest expedition was the first to successfully climb Mount Everest by the North Ridge.Jim Whittaker and Nawang Gombu on May 1, 1963, on the 1963 American Mount Everest expedition [5] [6] Barry Bishop ,[6] Lute Jerstad , Willi Unsoeld and Tom Hornbein on May 22, 1963, on the 1963 American Mount Everest expedition [7] Nawang Gombu and eight others Indian Everest Expedition 1965 on May 20, 1965Avtar Singh Cheema Sonam Gyatso Sonam Wangyal C. P. Vohra Ang Kami H. P. S. Ahluwalia H. C. S. Rawat Phu Dorjee Sherpa [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13]
In total, 78 people summited in the 1970s.[1]
Teruo Matsuura[15]
Naomi Uemura [15] Katsutoshi Hirabayashi[15]
Chottare Sherpa[15] Hubert Hillmaier
Sepp Mack (without supplementary oxygen)
Hans Engl [ de ] Pierre Mazeaud Nicolas Jaeger Kurt Diemberger Jean Afanassieff [ fr ] Wanda Rutkiewicz Robert Allenbach Siegfried Hupfauer Wilhelm Klimek Ang Dorje (without supplementary oxygen)
Mingma Sherpa (without supplementary oxygen)
Ang Kami
George Ritter
Berndt Kullmann
In the 1980s, 871 climbers set off from Base Camp; around 180 made the summit; and 56 died.[1] [23] [1] [23]
Leszek Cichy and Krzysztof Wielicki on February 17, 1980 (first winter ascent)[24] Takashi Ozaki and Tsuneo Shigehiro on May 10, 1980[25] Martin Zabaleta and Pasang Temba on May 14, 1980[26] Jerzy Kukuczka and Andrzej Czok on May 19, 1980[27] Reinhold Messner on August 20, 1980 (first solo ascent, without supplementary oxygen)[21] Eleven Soviet climbers in May 1982[28]
1982 Canadian Mount Everest Expedition[29] Laurie Skreslet on October 5, 1982, with Sherpas Sungdare Sherpa and Lhakpa Dorje[29] Pat Morrow on October 7, 1982, with Sherpas Pema Dorje and Lhakpa Tshering[29]
Yasuo Kato on December 27, 1982 (winter ascent)[17] [31] 1983 German/American Expedition (May 1983)[24] Peter Jamieson, Gerald Roach , David Breashears , Ang Rita Sherpa (without supplementary oxygen) and Larry Nielson (without supplementary oxygen)
Gary Neptune , Jim States and Lhakpa Dorje Sherpa
Lou Reichardt, Kim Momb, and Carlos Buhler on October 8, 1983[24]
Haruichi Kawamura (without supplementary oxygen) and Shomi Suzuki (without supplementary oxygen) on October 8, 1983[24] Haruyuki Endo (without supplementary oxygen), Hiroshi Yoshino (without supplementary oxygen) and Hironobu Kamuro (without supplementary oxygen) on October 8, 1983[24]
Dan Reid, George Lowe and Jay Cassell on October 9, 1983[24]
Takashi Ozaki in December 1983[32] Hristo Prodanov on April 20, 1984Metodi Savov and Ivan Valchev on May 8, 1984[33]
Nikolay Petkov and Kiril Doskov on May 9, 1984[33]
Bachendri Pal on May 23, 1984[24] Tim Macartney-Snape and Greg Mortimer on October 3, 1984Phil Ershler on October 20, 1984[34] Zoltán Demján , Jozef Psotka and Sherpa Ang Rita on October 15, 19841985 Norwegian Expedition led by Arne Naess, in April 1985[35]
1985 Catalan Expedition: Òscar Cadiach , Antoni Sors and Carles Vallès with Shambu Tamang , Ang Karma and Narayan Shrestha on August 28, 1985[35]
Erhard Loretan and Jean Troillet in 1986Sharon Wood and Dwayne Congdon on May 20, 1986Jean-Marc Boivin 's[36] 2,948 m (9,700 ft) descent to Camp II holds the altitude record for start of a paraglider flight[37] Marc Batard in 1988[38] A joint team from China, Japan , and Nepal on May 5, 1988[39]
Stephen Venables on May 12, 1988[40] Stacy Allison on September 29, 1988[24] Lydia Bradey on 16 October 1988Sungdare Sherpa on 10 May 1988[17]
Stipe Bozic, Viki Groselj, Dimitar Ilievski-Murato , and Sherpas Sonam and Agiva on May 10, 1989[41]
Ricardo Torres-Nava and Sherpas, Ang Lhakpa and Dorje on May 16, 1989[42] Carlos Carsolio on July 18, 1989
In the 1990s, 3,017 people set off from Base Camp(s); around 900 reached the summit; 55 died.[1] [23] [1]
International Peace Climb 1990 summiters in May 1990, led by Jim Whittaker :[43] Robert Link Steve Gall Sergei Arsentiev Grigori Lunyakov Da Cheme Gyal Bu Ed Viesturs Mistislav Gorbenko
Andrej Tselishchev
Ian Wade Luo Tse[43]
Da Qiong
Ren Na (aka Rena)[44]
Gui Sang
Ekaterina Ivanova Anatoli Moshnikov
Yervand Ilyinski
Aleksandr Tokarev[44]
Mark Tucker[44]
Wang Ja
Warren Thompson Hooman Aprin on October 5, 1990[45] Marc Batard on October 5, 1990[46] Marija and Andrej Štremfelj on October 7, 1990Peter Hillary , Gary Ball and Rob Hall in 1990[47] Tim Macartney-Snape in 1990[48] Kanhaya Lal Pokhriyal in 1992[49] Alberto Iñurrategi on 25.09.1992[50] Rodrigo Jordan team in 1992Mauricio Purto team in 1992
Cristian Garcia-Huidobro at 10:25 on May 15, 1992
Doron Erel in 1992
Santosh Yadav in May 1992Mohan Singh Gunjyal on 12 May 1992[51] [52] Kushang Sherpa on May 10, 1993[53] Santosh Yadav and Dicky Dolma in May 1993[54] Veikka Gustafsson in spring 1993Pasang Lhamu Sherpa on April 22, 1993[55] Nine people led by Steve Bell October 7, 1993[56]
Steve Bell on October 7, 1993[56]
Graham Hoyland on October 7, 1993[56] Ginette Harrison on October 7, 1993[56]
Gary Pfisterer on October 7, 1993[56]
Scott McIvor on October 7, 1993[56]
Ramón Blanco on October 7, 1993[55] Santosh Yadav on May 10, 1993Park Young-seok on May 16, 1993Ninety commercial alpinists in the spring of 1993
Alison Hargreaves May 13, 1995[57] Waldemar Niclevitz and Mozart Catão , first Brazilians, 11:22, May 14, 1995 [58] Jim Litch on May 14, 1995[59]
Dan Aguilar on May 14, 1995[59]
Wongchu Sherpa on May 14, 1995[59]
Apa Sherpa on May 15, 1995
Brad Bull on May 15, 1995
Tommy Heinrich on May 15, 1995
Caradog Jones on May 23, 1995[60] Pat Falvey on 27 May 1995Kiyoshi Furuno and Shigeki Imoto in 1995[31] 1996 Mount Everest disaster Rob Hall (with Adventure Consultants )Scott Fischer (with Mountain Madness )Doug Hansen
Makalu Gau Lene Gammelgaard Yasuko Namba Göran Kropp May 1996, without extra bottle oxygen[61] Ang Rita , May 23, 1996, tenth and last time to summit Mount Everest.[61] David Breashears team including Jamling Tenzing Norgay Ed Viesturs Araceli Segarra (see also the 1998 film Everest Sherpa Ang Rita summited ten times between 7 May 1983 and 23 May 1996
Hans Kammerlander 1996Kushang Sherpa on May 17, 1996[53] Francys and Sergei Arsentiev on May 24, 1998Bear Grylls , Neil Laughton and Alan Silva on May 26, 1998Tom Whittaker on May 27, 1998[62] Kushang Sherpa on May 28, 1998[53] Kazi Sherpa (aka Kaji Sherpa) on October 17, 1998[46] [63] [64] [65] [66] Kushang Sherpa on May 28, 1999, until date summited from three sides of Mount Everest[53] [67] Sherpa Babu Chiri Sherpa in 1999[68]
Phurba Tashi Sherpa[69] [70] Cathy O'Dowd in 1996 and 1999Elsa Ávila on May 5, 1999[71] Renata Chlumska on May 5, 1999[72] Ken Noguchi on May 13, 1999Mike Trueman on May 13, 1999
Iván Vallejo on May 25, 1999[73] [i], Merab Khabazi , and Irakli Ugulava on May 26, 1999[74]
Lev Sarkisov on May 12, 1999Karla S Wheelock on May 27, 1999[75] João Garcia , on May 18, 1999[75] Fabiano Segatto , on May 18, 1999, at 12:23pm[76] Everestsummiteersassociation.org/
In total, 146 people summited in 2000.[1] [1]
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