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Jordan Romero (born July 12, 1996) [2] is an American mountaineer who was 13 years old when he reached the summit of Mount Everest.Romero was accompanied by his father, Paul Romero, his step-mother, Karen Lundgren, and three Sherpas, Ang Pasang Sherpa, Lama Dawa Sherpa, and Lama Karma Sherpa. [3]
Many Mount Everest records are held by Nepali, especially those from the Sherpa region. On 11 May 2011, Apa Sherpa successfully reached the summit of Everest for the twenty-first time, breaking his own record for the most successful ascents. [136] He first climbed Mount Everest in 1989 at the age of 29. [137] Phurba Tashi Sherpa (also 21 times)
This list consists of people who reached the summit of Mount Everest more than once. By 2013, 6,871 summits have been recorded by 4,042 people. [1] [2] By the end of 2016 there were 7,646 summits by 4,469 people. [3] In 2018 about 800 people summited, breaking the record for most in one year compared to 2013, in which 667 summited Mount Everest ...
The first all-Black climbing team — with multiple members from Colorado — made history and stood on the top of Mount Everest this week, according to a CNN report on Friday.
Mount Everest and surrounding terrain (rendered from data by US National Snow and Ice Data Center and Landsat 8) Mount Everest is the world's highest mountain, with a peak at 8,849 metres (29,031.7 ft) above sea level. It is situated in the Himalayan range of Solukhumbu district (Province 1 in present days), Nepal. [1]
In 2010, this record was surpassed by Jordan Romero, who summited Everest at the age of 13. [7] Roskelley later while living in Spokane divided his time in Alaska between climbing and working as a tank welder. [8] In October 2012, he and John Frieh climbed a new route on Mount Wake in the Alaska Range. They called the route The Cook Inlet. [9]
Kanchha Sherpa, 91, was among the 35 members in the team that put New Zealander Edmund Hillary and his Sherpa guide Tenzing Norgay atop the 8,849-meter (29,032-foot) peak on May 29, 1953.
Country Date Male climber Date Female climber References Afghanistan 2023-05-17: Samuel Dean Sidiqi [1] [2] [3] [4] Albania 2012-05-26: Gjergj Bojaxhi [5]: 2017-05-22 ...