List of 20th-century summiters of Mount Everest
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] After 2000, the number of climbers greatly increased when the peak became more accessible and more popular. By 2013, 6,871 summits had been recorded by 4,042 different people.[2]
1950s
editOnly six people summited Mount Everest in the 1950s:[1]
- Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay on May 29, 1953 (1953 British Mount Everest expedition)
- Ernst Schmied and Jürg Marmet on May 23, 1956[3]
- Dölf Reist and Hans-Rudolf von Gunten on May 24, 1956[3]
1960s
editIn total, 18 people summited in the 1960s.[4] These are some of the ascents:
- 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, 1965
- Avtar 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]
1970s
editIn total, 78 people summited in the 1970s.[1] These are some of the most notable ascents:
- Four summited via South Col on the Saburo Matsukata 1970 expedition:[14]
- Teruo Matsuura[15]
- Naomi Uemura[15]
- Katsutoshi Hirabayashi[15]
- Chottare Sherpa[15]
- Junko Tabei and Sherpa Ang Tshering I on May 16, 1975[16][17]
- Phanthog on May 27, 1975[15]
- Doug Scott and Dougal Haston on September 24, 1975 (1975 British Mount Everest Southwest Face expedition)
- Peter Boardman and Sirdar Pertemba Sherpa on September 26, 1975[18]
- Brummie Stokes and Bronco Lane[19] on May 16, 1976[20] (1976 British Army expedition)
- Ko Sang-don and Pemba Norbu Sherpa on Sept 15, 1977[15]
- Reinhold Messner and Peter Habeler on 8 May 1978 (first ascent of Everest without supplementary oxygen)[21]
- Austrian Franz Oppurg summited solo in 1978[22]
- Sixteen people summited in October 1978 as part of the Franco-Deutsch expedition led by Dr. Karl Herrligkoffer:[15]
- Hubert Hillmaier
- Sepp Mack (without supplementary oxygen)
- Hans Engl (without supplementary oxygen)
- Pierre Mazeaud
- Nicolas Jaeger
- Kurt Diemberger
- Jean Afanassieff
- Wanda Rutkiewicz
- Robert Allenbach
- Siegfried Hupfauer
- Wilhelm Klimek
- Ang Dorje (without supplementary oxygen)
- Mingma Sherpa (without supplementary oxygen)
- Ang Kami
- George Ritter
- Berndt Kullmann
- Sungdare Sherpa on 2 October 1979[17]
- Andrej Štremfelj and Nejc Zaplotnik on May 13, 1979
- Stipe Božić, Stane Belak and Sherpa Ang Phu on May 15, 1979 (1979 Yugoslav Mount Everest expedition)
1980s
editIn the 1980s, 871 climbers set off from Base Camp; around 180 made the summit; and 56 died.[1][23] Overall about 356 people summited Everest between 1953 and the end of 1989.[1][23] These are some of the most notable ascents of the 1980s:
- 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,[30] 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, 1984
- Metodi 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, 1984
- Phil Ershler on October 20, 1984[34]
- Zoltán Demján, Jozef Psotka and Sherpa Ang Rita on October 15, 1984
- 1985 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 1986
- Sharon Wood and Dwayne Congdon on May 20, 1986
- Jean-Marc Boivin's[36] 11-12 minute, 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 1988
- Sungdare 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
1990s
editIn the 1990s, 3,017 people set off from Base Camp(s); around 900 reached the summit; 55 died.[1][23] Overall about 1237 people summited Everest between 1953 and the end of 1999.[1] These are some of the most notable ascents in the 1990s:
- 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, 1990
- Peter 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 1992
- Mauricio Purto team in 1992
- Cristian Garcia-Huidobro at 10:25 on May 15, 1992
- Doron Erel in 1992
- Santosh Yadav in May 1992
- Mohan 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 1993
- Pasang 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, 1993
- Park Young-seok on May 16, 1993
- Ninety 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 1995
- Kiyoshi 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 1996
- Kushang Sherpa on May 17, 1996[53]
- Francys and Sergei Arsentiev on May 24, 1998
- Bear Grylls, Neil Laughton and Alan Silva on May 26, 1998
- Tom 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 1999
- Elsa Ávila on May 5, 1999[71]
- Renata Chlumska on May 5, 1999[72]
- Ken Noguchi on May 13, 1999
- Mike 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, 1999
- Karla S Wheelock on May 27, 1999[75]
- João Garcia, on May 18, 1999[75]
- Fabiano Segatto, on May 18, 1999, at 12:23pm[76]
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- Willie Benegas in 1999[77]
- George Dijmarescu on May 26, 1999[77]
2000
editIn total, 146 people summited in 2000.[1] Overall about 1383 people summited Everest between 1953 and the end of 2000.[1] These are some of the most notable ascents in 2000:
- Lhakpa Sherpa 2000[78]
- Nazir Sabir on May 17, 2000
- Frits Vrijlandt on May 17, 2000[79][80]
- Toshio Yamamoto, summited at age 63[81]
- Babu Chiri Sherpa on May 21, 2000[46]
- Anna Czerwińska on May 22, 2000[82]
- October 7, 2000 summiters included:[83]
- Davo Karničar (Davorin) on October 7, 2000[84][85]
- Franc Oderlap
- Oliver Scoubes
- Conner Scoubes
- Ang Dorje
- Pasang Tenzing
- On October 9, 2000, a group of three Slovenian climbers were the last of the year and this century to summit[86]
- Tadej Golob
- Matej Flis
- Grega Lačen
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