Nima Chhamzi Sherpa, summited at the age of 16.South Forsyth Middle School, ( select new site).Youngest woman up to Summit Everest up to that timeįirst (so both the youngest and oldest) woman to summit Purna was about a month older than Romero at the time of her summiting in 2014: Youngest person to climb Mount Everest (2001-2003) Youngest person to climb Mount Everest (2003-2010) Junko Tabei was the first woman to reach the summit, and thus set the initial records for both oldest and youngest female summiter.ĭue to some variations in record keeping, there may be some variation in the examples. This table shows the progression of the record for oldest female summiter.Ĥ7 years, 98 days (died in the 1996 Mount Everest disaster) Tenzing Norgay was older than his climbing partner Sir Edmund Hillary, as the first confirmed climbers to reach the summit, they became the modern-day starting point for the oldest and youngest climbers respectively. This table shows the progression of the record for oldest male summiter, as well as some additional examples of aged summiters for comparison * Pemba Dorje's Everest record has now been rejected by the Nepal Supreme Court, the Nepal Ministry of Tourism, and Guinness World Records. Mark Woodward, Dean Staples, Mike Robertsįirst to summit a certain number of times Record nameįirst climbers confirmed as having reached the summitįirst dual ascent made by a woman on Mount Everest summit within five daysįastest ascent from Everest South Base Campįastest ascent without supplemental oxygenĪnd fastest ascent from Everest North Base Camp Most summits by a foreigner (non-Nepali or Tibetan)įurther information: List of Mount Everest summiters by number of times to the summit Most times per nation Record name
Other number of times records Record name Highest number of times to reach the summit Records Highest number of times to reach the summit Record name 1.4 First to summit a certain number of times.1.1 Highest number of times to reach the summit.