query: first woman in world to climb mount everest

pos: Junko Tabei Japan, an organization working at a global level to preserve mountain environments. One of the trust's projects was to build an incinerator to burn climbers' rubbish. She also led and participated in "clean-up" climbs in Japan and the Himalayas. Tabei was married to Masanobu Tabei, a climber she met while climbing in Japan in 1965. The couple had two children: a daughter, Noriko, and a son, Shinya. Tabei was diagnosed with cancer in 2012, however she continued with many of her mountaineering activities. She died in a hospital in Kawagoe on 20 October 2016. Junko Tabei Shitei was born in

pos: Seven Summits Gary Ball became the first to complete the "Seven Summits" in seven months. Using the Bass list, they started with Everest on 10 May 1990, and finished with Vinson on 12 December 1990, hours before the seven-month deadline. In 1992, Junko Tabei became the first woman to complete the "Seven Summits". Mary "Dolly" Lefever became the first American woman to climb the "Seven Summits" on March 11, 1993, when she climbed Australia's Mount Kosciuszko. Earlier in 1993, she had become the oldest surviving woman to have reached the summit of Mt. Everest; she was 47 years old. In January 1996,

neg: Mount Everest in 2017 climb was one of fastest since Hans Kammerlander completed the normal Tibet-side route in 16 hours 45 minutes in 1996, setting the official Guinness World Record. In 2005, Christian Stangl reached the top of Everest from advanced base camp in 16 hours and 42 minutes. Famed Nepali-American mountaineer Lhakpa Sherpa attained her 8th Mount Everest summit, enhancing the world record for most times to the top for a woman. On May 21, 2017, Anshu Jamsenpa became the first woman to summit Everest twice within a week, doing so in five days, and became the first Indian woman to climb Mount

neg: Lhakpa Sherpa Lhakpa Sherpa Lhakpa Sherpa (also Lakpa) (born 1973) is a Nepalese Sherpa mountain climber. She has climbed Mount Everest nine times, the most of any woman in the world. In 2000, she became the first Nepalese woman to climb and descend Everest successfully. Sherpa grew up in Makalu, Nepal as one of 11 children. In 2000 she was the leader of an expedition sponsored by Asian Trekking. On September 18, 2000 she became the first Nepali woman to summit Mount Everest and survive (see also Pasang Lhamu Sherpa). This climb was with the Nepali Women Millennium Expedition. In 2003, the

neg: Rebecca Stephens (climber) Mount Everest. Exploring the question “why do climbers climb?”, she climbed to the first camp at 7,100m and made a decision she wanted to climb the mountain herself. In 1993 she returned to Everest on a British expedition and reached the summit on the 17th May, becoming the first British woman to do so. On 22 November 1994 she became the third woman, and the first British woman, to climb the seven continental summits of the "Messner" list. She was appointed an MBE in 1994. She was a presenter on BBC television's science series "Tomorrow's World" from 1994 to 1996.

neg: Samina Baig Samina Baig Samina Khayal Baig (; born 19 September 1990) is a Pakistani high-altitude mountaineer who in 2013 climbed Mount Everest and then all Seven Summits by 2014. She is the first and only Pakistani woman to climb Everest and the Seven Summits. She is also the youngest Muslim woman to climb Mount Everest, having done so at the age of 21. Samina was the first to climb the peak Chashkin Sar (above 6,000 meters) in Pakistan in 2010, which was later renamed "Samina Peak" after her. She reached the summit of 'Koh-i-Brobar' ('Mount Equality') in 2011. An attempt at

neg: Santosh Yadav Santosh Yadav Santosh Yadav is an Indian mountaineer. She is the first woman in the world to climb Mount Everest twice, and the first woman to successfully climb Mt. Everest from Kangshung Face. She climbed the peak first in May 1992 and then again in May 1993. During her Everest mission of 1992 she saved the life of another climber, Mohan Singh, by sharing oxygen with him. She was born in Adygreg village in Rewari district of Haryana state, India. She attended Maharani College in Jaipur, where she was able to see mountaineers from her room. She was inspired by

neg: Samina Baig is 6,961 meters (or 22,838 feet) high. In February 2018, Samina Baig was named Pakistan's National Goodwill Ambassador by UNDP. A documentary film Beyond the Heights was also made on her expedition to Mount Everest. Samina Baig Samina Khayal Baig (; born 19 September 1990) is a Pakistani high-altitude mountaineer who in 2013 climbed Mount Everest and then all Seven Summits by 2014. She is the first and only Pakistani woman to climb Everest and the Seven Summits. She is also the youngest Muslim woman to climb Mount Everest, having done so at the age of 21. Samina was the

neg: Santosh Yadav nine-nation international climbing camp-cum-expedition to Nun Kun in 1989. Yadav was awarded the Padma Shri in 2000. Santosh Yadav Santosh Yadav is an Indian mountaineer. She is the first woman in the world to climb Mount Everest twice, and the first woman to successfully climb Mt. Everest from Kangshung Face. She climbed the peak first in May 1992 and then again in May 1993. During her Everest mission of 1992 she saved the life of another climber, Mohan Singh, by sharing oxygen with him. She was born in Adygreg village in Rewari district of Haryana state, India. She attended Maharani

neg: Susan Ershler Susan Ershler Susan Ershler (born March 1957) is a public speaker, business executive, climber of Mount Everest, and author. Ershler and her husband, Phil, are the first couple to have climbed together the highest mountain on each continent, known as the "Seven Summits". Completion of the Seven Summits endeavor came on May 16, 2002 when Ershler and her husband reached the summit of Mount Everest. Ershler is the 4th American Woman to climb the Seven Summits and the 12th American Woman to climb Mount Everest. Born in Portland, Oregon, Ershler moved with her family to Seattle, Washington in 1971. She

neg: Sport in Pakistan has been successfully completed by Imran Junaidi and Usman Tariq in September, 2013. Samina Baig is the first Pakistani woman and the third Pakistani to climb Mount Everest. She is also the youngest Muslim woman to climb Everest, having done so at the age of 21. Samina is also the first Pakistani woman and the first Muslim to climb the seven summits. The Rope Skipping Federation of Pakistan is the national federation working for rope skipping in Pakistan. Affiliated with the Asian Rope Skipping Federation and the International Rope Skipping Federation The Pakistan Rugby Union was formally established in 2000

neg: Mohammed bin Abdulla Al Thani m. During the Everest climb, Al Thani was part of a four-member group called "Arabs with Altitude", which included the first Palestinian man, Raed Zidan, the first Saudi woman Raha Moharrak and Iranian, Masoud Mohammed, to reach the summit of Mount Everest. "Arabs with Altitude" received global media coverage upon their return from Mount Everest. Al Thani also became the first Qatari to "Ski the last degree" to the South Pole, "the bottom of the world" in commemoration of Qatar’s National Day. His other pursuits include trekking in Nepal, participating in high-speed boating events and taking part in the Gumball

neg: Kit DesLauriers In August 2005, she won the women's division of the Rendezvous Hill Climb to the top of the Jackson Hole Mountain Resort. The idea for the Seven Summits adventure was visualized during her time on the freeskiing circuit. The initial notion came from a 2005 meeting with Richard Bass, the first person to climb all of the peaks. DesLauriers is the first woman to climb and ski Mount Aspiring/Tititea in New Zealand, and the first woman and first American to ski from the summit of Mount Everest. She is only the third woman to climb and ski Grand Teton in

neg: Lhakpa Sherpa to Michael Kodas, a journalist present during the expedition, Dijmarescu, "hook[ed] a blow with his right hand to the side of his wife's head." This altercation "sparked a sort of media sensation in the mountaineering world". Lhakpa Sherpa Lhakpa Sherpa (also Lakpa) (born 1973) is a Nepalese Sherpa mountain climber. She has climbed Mount Everest nine times, the most of any woman in the world. In 2000, she became the first Nepalese woman to climb and descend Everest successfully. Sherpa grew up in Makalu, Nepal as one of 11 children. In 2000 she was the leader of an expedition sponsored

neg: Mount Everest in 2017 Everest for the fifth time. Also on May 21, Vilborg Arna Gissurardóttir became the first Icelandic woman to summit Everest, and Ada Tsang became the first Hong Kong woman to summit Everest. She completed the climb on her third attempt, together with a physiotherapist and mountaineer, Elton Ng. On May 22, Yusrina Ya'akob became the first female Malay Singaporean to summit Everest. The second blind man to summit Everest, Andy Holzer of Austria, reached the top on May 21 from the north, making him the first blind summiter since 2001. On May 22, 2017, Chris Bombardier became the first person

neg: Stacy Allison Stacy Allison Stacy Allison was the first American woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest, the world's highest mountain, in 1988. Stacy Allison began climbing while a student at Oregon State University. She attempted her first major climb at age 21 on Mount Huntington. Her climbing partner broke his ax only 200 feet from the top, and they were forced to turn around. She continued climbing, and in 1988 became the first American woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest. Allison is the chair of "Reach the Summit", the largest fundraiser in the state of Oregon for the

neg: Pasang Lhamu Sherpa Pasang Lhamu Sherpa Pasang Lhamu Sherpa (Sherpa: , ; 10 December 1961 – 22 April 1993) was the first Nepalese woman to climb the summit of Mount Everest. She was born into a mountaineering family and was involved in climbing from her teens. She had successfully climbed Mont Blanc, Cho Oyu, Mount Yalapic, Pisang Himal, and others. She had attempted to climb Mount Everest three times before, but did not succeed until April 22, 1993, when she reached the summit by the South Col via the Southeast Ridge route. The morning of April 22, 1993 was bright and clear, and

neg: 1922 British Mount Everest expedition 1922 British Mount Everest expedition The 1922 British Mount Everest expedition was the first mountaineering expedition with the express aim of making the first ascent of Mount Everest. This was also the first expedition that attempted to climb Everest using bottled oxygen. The expedition would attempt to climb Everest from the northern side out of Tibet. At the time, Everest could not be attempted from the south out of Nepal as the country was closed to Western foreigners. The 1921 British Mount Everest reconnaissance expedition had seen the whole eastern and northern surroundings of the mountain. In searching for the

neg: Stacy Allison American Lung Association. She is the co-author with Peter Ames Carlin of "Beyond the Limits: A Woman's Triumph on Everest" and the author of "Many Mountains to Climb: Reflections on Competence, Courage, and Commitment." Stacy Allison Stacy Allison was the first American woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest, the world's highest mountain, in 1988. Stacy Allison began climbing while a student at Oregon State University. She attempted her first major climb at age 21 on Mount Huntington. Her climbing partner broke his ax only 200 feet from the top, and they were forced to turn around. She continued

neg: Eylem Elif Maviş a Turkish team comprising six members. She and her teammate Burçak Özoğlu Poçan became the first Turkish women to climb over 8,000 m. Elif reached the summit of Mount Everest (8848 m) as the first member of a Turkish expedition team on May 15, 2006 at 3:00 UTC, followed by three others Haldun Ülkenli, Serkan Girgin and Soner Büyükatalay. The team, sponsored by Petrol Ofisi, consisted of 11 mountaineers. Eylem Elif Maviş Eylem Elif Maviş, née Koç, (born November 9, 1973) is the first Turkish woman mountaineer to climb Mount Everest, the highest mountain on Earth. Elif was born on

neg: 1922 British Mount Everest expedition Olympic medal in alpinism at the 1924 Summer Olympic Games. To each of the 13 participants Pierre de Coubertin presented a Silver Medal with gold overlay. 1922 British Mount Everest expedition The 1922 British Mount Everest expedition was the first mountaineering expedition with the express aim of making the first ascent of Mount Everest. This was also the first expedition that attempted to climb Everest using bottled oxygen. The expedition would attempt to climb Everest from the northern side out of Tibet. At the time, Everest could not be attempted from the south out of Nepal as the country was

neg: Chhurim Chhurim Chhurim is a Nepali mountaineer and the first woman to climb Mount Everest twice in the same season, a feat which was verified by the "Guinness Book of World Records" in 2013. She accomplished this feat in 2012, climbing Everest on May 12 and May 19 of that year. "People have set different kinds of climbing records in Everest," said Chhurim, sitting on her living room couch directly beneath a string of certificates hung on the wall—the Guinness plaque included. "But no one has climbed twice within a week. So I just climbed with the sole motive of making

neg: Women's WorldWide Web (W4) donated 100% of sales of the T-shirt to W4’s field projects. W4’s Ambassadors are men and women, acclaimed in their respective fields, from human rights to the arts, from education to corporate social responsibility, who share the will to promote gender equality across the globe. One of W4’s first Ambassadresses is Wasfia Nazreen, an experienced mountaineer known for becoming the youngest Bangladeshi woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest . She is also the Bangladeshi woman to successfully climb Aconcagua, the highest mountain in the western and southern hemispheres; the first Bangladeshi woman to climb Mount Elbrus, the highest

neg: Earth Day 20 International Peace Climb Earth Day 20 International Peace Climb The Earth Day 20 International Peace Climb was an expedition to reach the summit of Mount Everest during Earth Week 1990 led by Jim Whittaker, the first American to climb Mount Everest (in 1963), and marked the first time in history that mountaineers from the United States, Soviet Union and China had roped together to climb a mountain, let alone Mount Everest. The expedition's name was from its partnership with the Earth Day 20 Foundation, an organization celebrating the 20th anniversary of Earth Day that was led by Edward Furia. The climbers highlighted their

neg: Arunima Sinha television shows, "to do something" with her life. She excelled in the basic mountaineering course from the Nehru Institute of Mountaineering, Uttarkashi, and was encouraged by her elder brother Omprakash to climb Everest. She climbed Mt Everest with a prosthetic leg, which was arranged by raising funds with the help of a swami of Ramakrishna Mission, Vadodara. She contacted Bachendri Pal, the first Indian woman to climb Mount Everest, in 2011 by telephone and signed up for training under her at the Uttarkashi camp of the Tata Steel Adventure Foundation (TSAF) 2012. Sinha climbed Island Peak (6150 metres) in 2012

neg: Dimitar Ilievski-Murato Dimitar Ilievski-Murato Dimitar Ilievski - Murato () (1953 in Bitola – May 10, 1989 in Mount Everest) was an alpinist from the Republic of Macedonia representing SFR Yugoslavia, the first Macedonian ever to climb the highest peak of the world, Mount Everest. He died on the descent of Mt. Everest. Murato, as he was known in his native town Bitola, reached the top of Mount Everest on May 10, 1989 as part of a larger Yugoslavian expedition, of which only few alpinists succeeded to reach the peak. He is noted as the 264th summiter of Mount Everest. After reaching the

neg: Barbara Washburn Alexander Graham Bell Medal from the National Geographic Society. In 1981, the Washburns produced the most detailed and accurate map ever made of Mount Everest. Washburn's memoir is "The Accidental Adventurer: Memoir of the First Woman to Climb Mt. McKinley" by Barbara Washburn, Lew Freedman, and Bradford Washburn, Epicenter Press, May 2001. Barbara and Bradford Washburn raised three children, Dorothy, Edward and Elizabeth. Washburn was the first woman to climb Denali (1947). Other notable Alaskan first ascents included Mt Bertha (1940) and Mount Hayes (1941), which she completed alongside her husband and a team of other mountaineers. Washburn wrote that

neg: Nawang Sherpa Gold Medal from His Majesty the King of Nepal. Nawang Sherpa Nawang Sherpa became the first person to climb Mount Everest with a prosthetic leg by reaching the summit on May 16, 2004 (see Mount Everest Timeline and Trivia). He is also the first amputee to reach the summit of Mount Everest on his first attempt, and the first disabled person from Asia to stand on the summit. Nawang, a trans-tibial amputee, is a native of Tapting in the Himalayan region of Solukhumbu in Nepal. He grew up with a love of mountains and a dream to climb Mount Everest

neg: Nawang Sherpa Nawang Sherpa Nawang Sherpa became the first person to climb Mount Everest with a prosthetic leg by reaching the summit on May 16, 2004 (see Mount Everest Timeline and Trivia). He is also the first amputee to reach the summit of Mount Everest on his first attempt, and the first disabled person from Asia to stand on the summit. Nawang, a trans-tibial amputee, is a native of Tapting in the Himalayan region of Solukhumbu in Nepal. He grew up with a love of mountains and a dream to climb Mount Everest some day. He had completed part of his training

neg: Johnny Strange (adventurer) Johnny Strange (adventurer) John Robert "Johnny" Strange (December 26, 1991 – October 1, 2015) was a world record holding adventurer. At 17, he became the youngest to climb the Seven Summits, a record now held by Jordan Romero at 15 years, 5 months and 12 days. He was best known as a professional wingsuit BASE jumper. Strange was from Malibu, CA. His father Brian Strange and his mother Dianette Wells are both adventurers who have climbed Mount Everest. His first climb, at age 12, was Vinson Massif in Antarctica. Following that, he climbed Mount Everest, Mount Kosciuszko, Mount Elbrus, Mount

neg: Marc Batard 22 hours and 29 minutes from the base camp on the south face. It is indicated as such in the Guinness Book as the first mountaineer to climb Everest in less than 24 hours. He is nicknamed the sprinter of Everest. He climbed four peaks over a period of nine months in 1988. He climbed four peaks over 8000 m without oxygen and also Dhaulagiri (8167 m) in winter. Batard led the expedition in which French mountaineer Christine Janin became the first French woman to summit the peak of Mount Everest. However, he reportedly ordered down a Sherpa woman Pasang

neg: Annabelle Bond Hong Kong court. Annabelle Bond Annabelle Bond OBE (born 1969) is a British socialite, international adventurer and activist, who came to prominence after climbing the summit of Mount Everest on 15 May 2004, making her the fourth British woman to do so. In 2005 she became the fastest woman and fourth-fastest person to ever climb all Seven Summits, when she climbed them in 360 days. Her televised climb of Everest portrayed her as the glamorous blonde who brought her lipstick to the summit of Everest. Despite her mountain climbing feats, she devotes much of her time to charity fundraising and

neg: Annabelle Bond Annabelle Bond Annabelle Bond OBE (born 1969) is a British socialite, international adventurer and activist, who came to prominence after climbing the summit of Mount Everest on 15 May 2004, making her the fourth British woman to do so. In 2005 she became the fastest woman and fourth-fastest person to ever climb all Seven Summits, when she climbed them in 360 days. Her televised climb of Everest portrayed her as the glamorous blonde who brought her lipstick to the summit of Everest. Despite her mountain climbing feats, she devotes much of her time to charity fundraising and heads the Eve

neg: Krushnaa Patil Krushnaa Patil Krushnaa Patil is an Indian mountaineer. In 2009, at the age of 19, she became the youngest Indian woman to successfully ascent Mount Everest, earth's highest mountain. She is also the first civilian woman from Maharashtra to scale the peak. Her record of the youngest Indian to climb Everest has subsequently been surpassed by younger mountaineers. In 2010, Krushnaa attempted to ascent the Seven Summits. Her last summit on Mount McKinley had to be abandoned due to technical reasons, leaving her one short of completing the feat. For Krushnaa Patil's family, vacations were always in the Himalayas. As

neg: Clare O'Leary in 2004, when she became the first Irish woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest, having failed on her first attempt in 2003 due to gastroenteritis. She climbed as a member of the Wyeth Irish Everest Expedition, led by Pat Falvey. She also became the first Irish woman to ascend the Himalayan peak Ama Dablam and to climb the Seven Summits—the highest mountains on each continent. In 2008, O'Leary joined the Beyond Endurance expedition led by Falvey to the South Pole, making her the first woman to successfully ski to the South Pole. In 2012, O'Leary and Mike O'Shea

neg: Krushnaa Patil eight women, from six continents. Krushnaa Patil Krushnaa Patil is an Indian mountaineer. In 2009, at the age of 19, she became the youngest Indian woman to successfully ascent Mount Everest, earth's highest mountain. She is also the first civilian woman from Maharashtra to scale the peak. Her record of the youngest Indian to climb Everest has subsequently been surpassed by younger mountaineers. In 2010, Krushnaa attempted to ascent the Seven Summits. Her last summit on Mount McKinley had to be abandoned due to technical reasons, leaving her one short of completing the feat. For Krushnaa Patil's family, vacations were

neg: Earth Day members of the historic Earth Day 20 International Peace Climb who called from their base camp on Mount Everest to pledge their support for world peace and attention to environmental issues. The Earth Day 20 International Peace Climb was led by Jim Whittaker, the first American to summit Mt. Everest (many years earlier), and marked the first time in history that mountaineers from the United States, Soviet Union, and China had roped together to climb a mountain, let alone Mt. Everest. The group also collected more than two tons of trash (transported down the mountain by support groups along the

neg: Seven Summits Chris Haver became the first American to climb and ski all seven summits. Yasuko Namba was famous in her native Japan for becoming the second Japanese woman to reach all of the Seven Summits including Everest, where she died during the storm of May 1996 during her descent.In 2000, Croatian mountaineer Stipe Božić completed the Seven Summits. In May 2002, Susan Ershler and her husband, Phil, became the first married couple to climb the "Seven Summits" together. The first person to complete Seven Summits without the use of supplemental oxygen on Mount Everest is Reinhold Messner. Miroslav Caban is probably

neg: Karla Wheelock National Sports Award in 1999 and 2000. In 2005, Wheelock became the first Iberoamerican woman to climb all Seven Summits. In her interviews and conferences, Wheelock has spoke extensively on issues of education, teamwork, leadership, personal improvement, motherhood, and the situation of women in Mexico. Book News Karla Wheelock Karla Susana Wheelock Aguayo, or simply Karla Wheelock (born 14 April 1968) is a Mexican mountaineer, writer, and lecturer. Shortly after Elsa Ávila became the first Latin American woman to ascend Mount Everest on 5 May 1999, Wheelock ascended Everest by the same route. She is the first Iberoamerican woman to

neg: Christine Jensen Burke also the first New Zealand or Australian woman to climb the highest mountains on each of the seven continents (Carstensz list) in a feat known as the Seven Summits. Burke commenced the endeavour by successfully reaching the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro on 6 August 2010, and completed the last of the Seven Summits (in the 'Bass' list) with her successful climb of Mount Elbrus in Russia on 25 July 2012. She completed the 'Messner' list on 15 January 2013, on successful completion of her Carstensz Pyramid climb. She reached the summit of Mount Everest on 20 May 2011. Burke is

neg: Timeline of women's sports in the United States to sports and society on a day during the first week of February. 1988 - Shawna Robinson was the first woman to win a NASCAR-sanctioned stock car race, winning in the Charlotte/Daytona Dash Series at New Asheville Speedway. 1988 - Stacy Allison became the first American woman to climb Mount Everest. 1989 – Julie Croteau was the first woman to play NCAA baseball on first base for Division III St. Mary's (MD) College. 1991 - The first FIFA Women's World Cup tournament was held and won by the United States women's national soccer team. 1992 - Major League Baseball lifted

neg: Araceli Segarra Araceli Segarra Araceli Segarra (born March 1970 in Lleida, Spain) is the first Spanish woman to climb to the summit of Mount Everest. She has also climbed Broad Peak (Attempt, 1991), Kanchenjunga (Attempts, 2001 and 2005), Shishapangma (Summit, 1992), and K2 (Attempt, 2002), among others. Segarra has a degree in Physiotherapy. She became interested in mountain sports at age 15 when taking a spelunking course; she also enjoys randonee skiing, rock climbing, and ice climbing. In 1996, while being filmed for the IMAX documentary, "EVEREST" (1998), she participated on the rescue team during the May 1996 Mount Everest disaster and

neg: Muslim women in sport Malak tied for bronze in the 57-kg taekwondo event. Other bronze medalists include Azerbaijani Patimat Abakarova (49-kg taekwondo), Tunisian Marwa Amri (58-kg wrestling), and Turkish Nur Tatar (67-kg taekwondo). In 2005, Iranians Farkhondeh Sadegh and Leila Bahrami became the first Muslim women to successfully climb Mount Everest. They dedicated their accomplishment to all Muslim women, saying, "People often seem to think Muslim women are limited. It would be a good chance to show the world that something like this is possible for us." Raha Moharrak became the youngest Arab and first Saudi woman to peak Everest in 2013. Several OIC

neg: South Col South Col The South Col is the sharp-edged notch or pass between Mount Everest and Lhotse, the highest and fourth highest mountains in the world, respectively. When climbers attempt to climb Everest from the southeast ridge in Nepal, their final camp (usually Camp IV) is situated on the South Col. The South Col is typically swept by high winds, leaving it free of significant snow accumulation. The South Col was first reached by Edouard Wyss-Dunant's 1952 Swiss Mount Everest Expedition that failed to reach the summit. The following year, when Mount Everest was first climbed, Wilfrid Noyce and the Sherpa

neg: Pemba Doma Sherpa Pemba Doma Sherpa Pemba Doma Sherpa () (7 July 1970 – 22 May 2007) was the first Nepalese female mountaineer to climb Mount Everest via its north face, was the second Nepali woman to summit from both the north and south faces, and is one of six women to have summited Everest twice. She was the leader of the 2002 Nepalese Woman Everest Expedition. Pemba Doma Sherpa climbed Cho Oyu from the Tibetan side on 28 Sep 2005. A resident of Namche-1 of Solukhumbu district, Pemba Doma had been raised by her grandparents after her parents died when she was

neg: Suzanne Al Houby reach the summit of Kilimanjaro. Some of her positions and accolades Suzanne Al Houby Suzanne Al Houby, a Palestinian mountain climber, was the first Arab woman to climb Mount Everest on May 21, 2011 and the seven summits. Previously, she was also the first Arab woman to climb many other mountains: Mont Blanc, Elbrus, Aconcagua, Vinson, Denali, Carstensz Pyramid and many others.and the first Arab woman to summit Denali in Alaska. Originally, Suzanne's family comes from Jaffa, Palestine, she got her higher education in the United States and lived most of her life in the United Arab Emirates. She is

neg: Suzanne Al Houby Suzanne Al Houby Suzanne Al Houby, a Palestinian mountain climber, was the first Arab woman to climb Mount Everest on May 21, 2011 and the seven summits. Previously, she was also the first Arab woman to climb many other mountains: Mont Blanc, Elbrus, Aconcagua, Vinson, Denali, Carstensz Pyramid and many others.and the first Arab woman to summit Denali in Alaska. Originally, Suzanne's family comes from Jaffa, Palestine, she got her higher education in the United States and lived most of her life in the United Arab Emirates. She is the founder and CEO of the adventure travel company Rahhalah. Suzanne

neg: Ayako Imoto the show "Sekai no hatemade itteQ", she said that she wanted to climb Mount Everest someday. After she descended Manaslu in October 2013, she decided to climb Everest after Mr. Ishizaki, the director of the TV program who also reached the summit of Manaslu, said that if she did not, he would climb Mount Everest without her. Some mountaineering professionals opposed the project because it would make people think it was easy to climb, even though she would be employing a lot of professionals as helpers. She practiced hard in order to climb Mount Everest, but when she reached the

neg: Hans Kammerlander climbing partnerships. Since 1996, he held the Guinness World Record for the fastest ascent without supplemental oxygen of Mount Everest (16 hours and 45 minutes) and fastest ascent from Everest North Base Camp. In 1990 he made the first ski descent of Nanga Parbat. In 1996 he failed in an attempt to be the first to ski down Mount Everest, after removing his skis and climbing down from 300 metres below the summit, skiing down from 7700m, although he set a then speed record during that attempt of 17 hours to climb from base camp to the summit of Everest

neg: Laurie Skreslet America and India. Other mountains Skreslet has climbed in his journey were in the North American Rockies, South American Andes and Asian Himalayas. Since his journey up Mt. Everest in 1982, he has returned five times. During his journey on Mt. Everest, the only injury he received was three broken ribs, even though other mountain climbers have died trying to climb the mountain. Outside of Skreslet's achievements of being the first Canadian to climb Mount Everest he is a motivational speaker and has presented 1500 presentations throughout the world. In July 2001 Skreslet published To the Top of Everest, which

neg: Sophia Danenberg Sophia Danenberg Sophia Danenberg (born 1972) is an American mountain climber best known as the first African American and the first black woman to climb to the summit of Mount Everest, the world's tallest mountain. She is biracial, with her father black and her mother Japanese. At 2 a.m. on May 19, 2006, Danenberg reached the top of Mount Everest. Withstanding bad weather during the night that delayed some other climbers in her party, Pa Nuru Sherpa and his brother Mingma Tshiring were the only climbers to witness the event. At the time, Danenberg was suffering from bronchitis, a stuffed

neg: 1975 British Mount Everest Southwest Face expedition 1975 British Mount Everest Southwest Face expedition The 1975 British Mount Everest Southwest Face expedition was the first to successfully climb Mount Everest by ascending one of its faces. In the post-monsoon season Chris Bonington led the expedition which used rock climbing techniques to put fixed ropes up the face from the Western Cwm to just below the South Summit. A key aspect of the success of the climb was the scaling of the cliffs of the Rock Band at about by Nick Estcourt and Tut Braithwaite. Two teams then climbed to the South Summit and followed the Southeast Ridge

neg: Miroslav Caban which climbed to a height of 8000 meters . The biggest success was the ascent without oxygen on Mount Everest in 2002. In 2004, climbed Kilimanjaro, Elbrus, Mount McKinley and Vinson Massif, in 2005, Puncak Jaya, Mount Kosciuszko and Aconcagua . The first Czechoslovak and second in the world and climbed without oxygen seven highest peaks in the project Seven Summits. His hobbies include photography, especially panoramas countries visited and top prospects. He wrote a book Oyu & Everest, that recounts the story of a successful climb Cho- Oyu combination and Mount Everest . Miroslav Caban Miroslav Caban (* April

neg: Karla Wheelock Karla Wheelock Karla Susana Wheelock Aguayo, or simply Karla Wheelock (born 14 April 1968) is a Mexican mountaineer, writer, and lecturer. Shortly after Elsa Ávila became the first Latin American woman to ascend Mount Everest on 5 May 1999, Wheelock ascended Everest by the same route. She is the first Iberoamerican woman to climb the Seven Summits, achieving this in 2005. She holds a degree in Law from the Faculty of Law of the Autonomous University of Coahuila, an institution from which she graduated from with Honorable Mention, and worked for the government of Carlos Salinas de Gortari and the

neg: Chhanda Gayen Chhanda Gayen Chhanda Gayen (ছন্দা গায়েন, 9 July 1979 – 20 May 2014) was a Bengali mountaineer, martial artist, explorer, teacher of self-defense. She is best known for being first civilian woman from the Indian state of West Bengal to climb to the summit of Mount Everest, at 7 A.M., 18 May 2013. She summited Mount Everest and Lhotse in 2013 in the same expedition. She was awarded as "Sera Avishkar" in Sera Bangali 2013 from ABP Ananda (8 August, 2013). Chhanda Gayen was born in a Bengali Kayastha family from Kolkata. At a very young age, she was inspired

neg: Andrea Cardona Central American woman to climb Mount Everest, the highest peak in the world and the so-called Third Pole of Planet, being the third largest ice storage of the globe. Subsequently, on December 28, 2011 began a new challenge in Antarctica after having skied 111.11 kilometers (equivalent to a terrestrial latitude) in a week, a woman got placed for the first time in history, the flag of Guatemala at the geographic South Pole. On Tuesday April 17, 2012, ended the challenge of the three poles of the planet, skiing 111.11 kilometers again, this time to the geographic north pole, which is

neg: Arlene Blum Arlene Blum Arlene Blum (born March 1, 1945) is an American mountaineer, writer, and environmental health scientist. She is best known for leading an all-woman ascent of Annapurna (I), a climb that was also the first successful American ascent. She was also a deputy leader of the first all-woman ascent of Mount Denali and the first American woman to attempt to ascend Mount Everest and Executive Director of the Green Science Policy Institute. Blum was born in Davenport, Iowa, and raised from the age of five on in Chicago by her Orthodox Jewish mother and grandparents. In the early 1960s,

neg: Zed Al Refai Zed Al Refai Zed "Zeddy" Al Refai (born October 28, 1966) is a Kuwaiti climber. He was the first Arab to climb Mount Everest and the 46th person to climb all seven highest summits in the seven continents of the world. Al Refai spent part of his childhood in Finland and attended university in the United States, at institutions in Florida, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. He spent holidays trekking in New England, the Rockies, and the Pacific Northwest. In the mid-1990s he traveled to Nepal, where he was captivated by the Himalayas and Mount Everest. Mountains he has summitted include

neg: Kami Rita Sherpa Kami Rita Sherpa Kami Rita Sherpa born 1970 is a Nepali Sherpa guide who achieved the record for most ascents to the summit of Mount Everest after reaching it for a 22nd time in May 2018 at the age of 48. His father was one of the first professional Sherpa guides. In 2017, Kami was the third person to ascend to the summit of Everest 21 times along with Apa Sherpa and Phurba Tashi Sherpa. In May 2018, Kami Sherpa became the first person in the world to climb Mount Everest 22 times. He holds the record of the most

neg: Mount Everest in 2012 for the same record. The "Guinness Book of World Records" states that 234 climbers summited on one day in 2012. However, it was one of the deadliest seasons since 1996, with 11 climbers dying on Everest in the spring. The death of Canadian climber Shriya Shah-Klorfine in May made headlines and fed a debate about whether inexperienced climbers should climb Mount Everest. Issues of overcrowding and unqualified guides were also raised. Although Shah-Klorfine did manage to summit, she did not survive the descent. Questions were raised about her lack of previous mountaineering experience, as Everest was reportedly her first mountain

neg: Samina Baig and Gilgit Baltistan has appointed her as its Brand Ambassador. The contract signing ceremony was held at headquarters Special Communications Organization Rawalpindi. Maj Gen Amir Azeem Bajwa and other officials of SCO were present on the occasion Samina Baig became the first Pakistani woman and the third Pakistani to climb Mount Everest on 19 May 2013. She was joined by Indian twin girls Tashi and Nungshi Malik in climbing Mount Everest and they together perched national flags of India and Pakistan side-by-side atop the peak, to spread a message of Indo-Pakistani friendship and peace. In an interview with her brother

neg: Tamae Watanabe of 73, again scaled Mount Everest. Tamae Watanabe Tamae Watanabe (Japanese , "Watanabe Tamae"; born 21 November 1938 Yamanashi Prefecture) is a Japanese mountain climber. After completing study at Tsuru University she worked as public office employee of Kanagawa Prefecture. It was at this time, at age 28, she began mountain climbing. In 1977 she climbed Mount McKinley. She then climbed Mont Blanc, Mount Kilimanjaro and Aconcagua. After her retirement she returned to her hometown and in May 2002 she became the then oldest woman to climb Mount Everest. Ten years later, in May 2012, she broke her own record,

neg: 1924 British Mount Everest expedition was named "Norton Couloir" or "Great Couloir". During this solo climb, Somervell took one of the most remarkable photographs in mountaineering history. It shows Norton near his high point of where he tried to climb over steep, icy terrain with some spots of fresh snow. This altitude established a confirmed world record climbing altitude which was not surpassed for another 28 years; the 1952 Swiss Mount Everest Expedition, when Raymond Lambert and Tenzing Norgay reached on the south side of Everest. The summit was less than above Norton when he decided to turn around because of increasing terrain difficulty, insufficient

neg: Joint Himalayan Committee Joint Himalayan Committee The Mount Everest Committee was a body formed by the Alpine Club and the Royal Geographical Society to co-ordinate and finance the 1921 British Mount Everest reconnaissance expedition to Mount Everest and all subsequent British expeditions to climb the mountain until 1947. It was then renamed the Joint Himalayan Committee; this latter committee organised and financed the successful first ascent of Mount Everest in 1953. Although Mount Everest as a mountaineering objective had been on the horizon of British alpinists for some time – Clinton Thomas Dent writing in 1885, had sketched the idea of an ascent

neg: Clare O'Leary also make O'Leary the second woman to climb the Seven Summits and reach both poles. In 2013, the railway path between Bandon and Innishannon in County Cork was named the Dr Clare O'Leary Walk to commemorate her achievements. O'Leary lives in Clonmel, and is in a relationship with Mike O'Shea, with whom she frequently partners for her expeditions. Clare O'Leary Clare O'Leary (born 1972) is an Irish gastroenterologist, mountain climber and adventurer. She was the first Irish woman to climb Mount Everest and complete the Seven Summits. O'Leary developed an interest in medicine, and cancer in particular, when her uncle

neg: Gilgit-Baltistan Mount Everest and also the youngest Muslim woman to climb Everest, having done so at the age of 21 while Hassan Sadpara from Skardu valley is the first Pakistani to have climbed six eight-thousanders including the world's highest peak Everest (8848m) besides K2 (8611m), Gasherbrum I (8080m), Gasherbrum II (8034m), Nanga Parbat (8126 m), Broad Peak (8051m). Gilgit-Baltistan Gilgit-Baltistan (), formerly known as the Northern Areas, is the northernmost administrative territory in Pakistan. It borders Azad Kashmir to the south, the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to the west, the Wakhan Corridor of Afghanistan to the north, the Xinjiang region of

neg: Dimitar Ilievski-Murato summit, he put the flags of both former SFR Yugoslavia and SR Macedonia. In his honour, a traditional memorial march to Pelister named after him is organized every year around the date of his biggest achievement and tragedy. Dimitar Ilievski-Murato Dimitar Ilievski - Murato () (1953 in Bitola – May 10, 1989 in Mount Everest) was an alpinist from the Republic of Macedonia representing SFR Yugoslavia, the first Macedonian ever to climb the highest peak of the world, Mount Everest. He died on the descent of Mt. Everest. Murato, as he was known in his native town Bitola, reached the

neg: Sherpa people of food and alcohol to be repaid. One of the best-known Sherpas is Tenzing Norgay. In 1953, he and Sir Edmund Hillary became the first people known to have reached the summit of Mount Everest. Norgay's son Jamling Tenzing Norgay also climbed Everest in honor of his father with the mountaineers Ed Viesturs and Araceli Segarra during the disastrous year of 1996. In 2001, Temba Tsheri became the youngest Everest climber in the world (holder of the Guinness World Record), then aged 16. In 2003, Sherpas Pemba Dorje and Lhakpa Golu competed to see who could climb Everest from base

neg: Wanda Rutkiewicz she became the third woman, the first Pole, and the first European woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest. In 1986 she became the first woman to successfully climb K2, which she did without supplemental oxygen, as part of a small expedition led by Lilliane and Maurice Barrard. Her triumph was marred when both the Barrards died on the descent, becoming two of thirteen climbers to die on K2 that summer. Rutkiewicz's goal was to become the first woman to summit all fourteen of the eight-thousanders. During her climbing life she successfully summitted the following mountains: While climbing Kangchenjunga,

neg: 1933 British Mount Everest expedition reasons why he was not chosen to lead the successful 1953 expedition to Mount Everest: "My well-known dislike of large expeditions and my abhorrence of a competitive element in mountaineering might well seem out of place in the present situation." 1933 British Mount Everest expedition The 1933 British Mount Everest expedition was, after the reconnaissance expedition of 1921, and the 1922 and 1924 expeditions, the fourth British expedition to Mount Everest and the third with the intention of making the first ascent. Like the previous expeditions to climb the mountain, the 1933 expedition was unsuccessful, although in two separate attempts

neg: Stipe Božić only the climbing rope to direct himself back to the base camp. Stipe Božić completed the Seven Summits in 2000. The sequence of his climbs was: Mont Blanc (1974), Mount Everest (1979 and 1989), Aconcagua, Mount McKinley, Mount Kosciuszko and Kilimanjaro (all 1996), Mount Vinson (1997), and Elbrus (2000). In 2003 Božić expressed his desire to climb Mount Tyree, the second highest mountain of Antarctica. This would have made him the first person in the world to climb two highest peaks on each of the seven continents, i.e. to complete both Seven Summits and Seven Second Summits. Božić has been

neg: 1933 British Mount Everest expedition 1933 British Mount Everest expedition The 1933 British Mount Everest expedition was, after the reconnaissance expedition of 1921, and the 1922 and 1924 expeditions, the fourth British expedition to Mount Everest and the third with the intention of making the first ascent. Like the previous expeditions to climb the mountain, the 1933 expedition was unsuccessful, although in two separate attempts Lawrence Wager and Percy Wyn-Harris, and then F. S. Smythe, set an altitude record for climbing without supplemental oxygen that was not broken until Reinhold Messner and Peter Habeler reached the summit of Mount Everest in 1978. During Wager and

neg: 2006 Philippine Mount Everest expedition 2006 Philippine Mount Everest expedition The 2006 Philippine Mount Everest expedition was the quest for the first Filipino's to climb Mount Everest, and to put the Philippine flag on top of the mountain. The expedition, consisting of Filipino triathlete Leo Oración and Erwin Emata, was backed by Philippine television network ABS-CBN; Romeo Garduce, who was climbing at the same time, was sponsored by rival GMA-7. Despite having rival sponsors, both teams maintained that it was not a race to the top of Mount Everest. They made their ascent via the South Col route. A third Filipino, Dale Abenojar, climbed independently,

neg: Ginette Harrison Hargreaves, Chantal Mauduit - and wrote of her historic ascent: "Over the years four women had died while attempting to climb Kangchenjunga and it made me appreciate all the more how lucky I was to make the first female ascent and return safely." She later became the first British woman to summit Makalu on 22 May 1999. She was married to Gary Pfisterer, whom she met on her expedition to Mount Everest. She died under an avalanche when climbing Dhaulagiri, the seventh highest mountain in the world. A memorial lecture is held in Ginette's memory each year, part of the

neg: Nimdoma Sherpa Nimdoma Sherpa Nimdoma Sherpa (born 1991) from Gauri Sankar, Dolakha District is a Nepalese mountain climber. In 2008 she became the youngest woman to climb Mount Everest and in 2009 she joined the Seven Summits Women Team, a team of Nepalese women whose goal is to climb the Seven Summits. Nimdoma Sherpa was born into a poor Sherpa family in a remote Himalayan village in Nepal. At five years old, she began attending school through a school meals program run by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP). Originally, her parents sent her to school for the opportunity to receive

neg: William Hackett (mountaineer) made an attempt to climb Mount Vinson and obtained a permit for the Mount Everest in 1960 but due to several circumstances (frostbite, lack of funds, etc.) he never made it more than five. Hackett was the first person to reach the summits of both Mount McKinley and Mount Logan. He was the first American to climb Aconcagua and the first American to climb Mount Kenya. While still serving with the Army's Ground Forces, Lt. Hackett’s Mt. McKinley climb in 1947 was part of Operation White Tower 1947. Operation White Tower was sponsored by RKO Radio Pictures and served two

neg: Laurie Skreslet to operate his business leadership and challenge courses in the Canadian Rockies. In 2012 he celebrated the 30th anniversary of his Everest climb that gave him the title of the First Canadian to climb Mt Everest. Skreslet, a very strong mountain climber, went to climb in Nepal in 1982, reaching the summit of Mount Everest (29,028 ft. above sea level) in October of that year. In the fall of 1987 Skreslet attempted to climb the north face of Kanchenjunga (28,169 ft. above sea level) but didn’t quite accomplish it. Skreslet has led class expeditions to the Canadian Rockies, Nepal, South

neg: The Climb (2007 film) The Climb (2007 film) The Climb is a 2007 documentary of Laurie Skreslet's return to Mount Everest after twenty-five years. On October 5, 1982, Laurie Skreslet and Pat Morrow were the first Canadians to climb Mount Everest at the cost of four dead team members. The documentary takes Skreslet and fellow summiter Pat Morrow back to Base Camp, where they recall the traumatic and triumphant events of 1982. Pat Morrow has contracted a mystery illness that might prevent his return to the mountain. As part of the climbing party, Laurie Skreslet has brought his estranged nineteen-year-old daughter, Natasha. She has

neg: Nawang Sherpa In the spring of 2002, he met the famous double amputee and high-altitude mountaineer/airline pilot Ed Hommer of Minnesota in Kathmandu as Ed returned from an attempt to climb of Mount Everest. They became friends and Ed invited Nawang to join him on his next Everest expedition which was planned for 2003. Unfortunately, Ed Hommer was killed by rockfall while training on Mount Rainier in the autumn of 2002. However, in 2004 Nawang's friend Tom McMillan of the San Francisco Bay Area received an opportunity to climb Mount Everest and immediately invited Nawang to climb with him as his climbing

neg: Temba Tsheri that he had lost friends, equipment, and houses due to the 2015 Nepal earthquakes. Temba Tsheri Temba Tsheri Sherpa () is a Sherpa from Rolwaling Valley, Dolkha, Nepal. On May 23, 2001, at the age of 16 years, he became the youngest person to climb Mount Everest. The youth, who was still in school, lost five fingers to frostbite while attempting to climb from the south side in 2000. He made his successful ascent from the north side (Tibet) of Mount Everest in 2001. Temba was climbing with the International Everest Expedition. Jordan Romero from United States climbed Mount Everest

neg: Temba Tsheri Temba Tsheri Temba Tsheri Sherpa () is a Sherpa from Rolwaling Valley, Dolkha, Nepal. On May 23, 2001, at the age of 16 years, he became the youngest person to climb Mount Everest. The youth, who was still in school, lost five fingers to frostbite while attempting to climb from the south side in 2000. He made his successful ascent from the north side (Tibet) of Mount Everest in 2001. Temba was climbing with the International Everest Expedition. Jordan Romero from United States climbed Mount Everest on May 22, 2010. Aged of 13. In an interview in 2015 he noted

neg: Edmund Hillary to the UNESCO Memory of the world archive in 2013, it is currently held by Auckland War Memorial Museum. Edmund Hillary Sir Edmund Percival Hillary (20 July 1919 – 11 January 2008) was a New Zealand mountaineer, explorer, and philanthropist. On 29 May 1953, Hillary and Nepalese Sherpa mountaineer Tenzing Norgay became the first climbers confirmed to have reached the summit of Mount Everest. They were part of the ninth British expedition to Everest, led by John Hunt. Hillary became interested in mountaineering while in secondary school. He made his first major climb in 1939, reaching the summit of Mount

neg: Edmund Hillary Edmund Hillary Sir Edmund Percival Hillary (20 July 1919 – 11 January 2008) was a New Zealand mountaineer, explorer, and philanthropist. On 29 May 1953, Hillary and Nepalese Sherpa mountaineer Tenzing Norgay became the first climbers confirmed to have reached the summit of Mount Everest. They were part of the ninth British expedition to Everest, led by John Hunt. Hillary became interested in mountaineering while in secondary school. He made his first major climb in 1939, reaching the summit of Mount Ollivier. He served in the Royal New Zealand Air Force as a navigator during World War II. Prior to

neg: Rex Pemberton Rex Pemberton Rex Pemberton (born 1983) is an extreme sport participant and motivational speaker, best known as being the youngest male Australian ever to climb Mount Everest. Born and raised in Sydney, Pemberton was educated at Knox Grammar School and the University of Western Sydney. He climbed his first alpine peak when he was 16. He raised $100,000 for his Everest climb and another $100,000 to fund his climbs of the remaining Seven Summits, which he completed in late 2006 and was the third youngest person in the world to complete this feat. He produced a documentary film of his

neg: Edurne Pasaban Edurne Pasaban Edurne Pasaban Lizarribar (born August 1, 1973) is a Basque Spanish mountaineer. On May 17, 2010, she became the 21st person and the first woman to climb all of the fourteen eight-thousander peaks in the World. Her first 8,000 peak had been achieved 9 years earlier, on May 23, 2001, when she climbed to the summit of Mount Everest. Pasaban was born in Tolosa, in the province of Gipuzkoa in the Basque Autonomous Community, Spain. She summited her ninth eight-thousander, Broad Peak, on July 12, 2007, together with the Austrian climber Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner. On May 1, 2008, Pasaban

neg: D. K. Khullar become a brigadier and the principal of the Himalayan Mountaineering Institute (HMI), Darjeeling (1981–85). He was chosen as the leader of the 1984 Everest expedition team composed of eleven men and six women which summitted the peak in May 1984 through the South East Ridge route. The team included Bachendri Pal, the first Indian woman to scale Mount Everest and Phu Dorjee, the first Indian to climb the peak without oxygen. He took voluntary retirement from the army in 1993. Khullar is a member of the Expedition Commission of the International Mountaineering and Climbing Federation, Berne, Swtizerland. He is the

neg: Patrick Morrow Patrick Morrow Patrick Allan Morrow, (born October 18, 1952 in Invermere, British Columbia) is a Canadian photographer and mountain climber. In 1986 he was the first person to climb the Seven Summits in the "Carstensz-Version". Morrow climbed Mount Everest, the highest peak of the world, with the ""Canadian Mount Everest Expedition 1982"". Between 1977 and 1986 he climbed the Seven Summits in the more difficult "Carstensz-Version" ("Messner list"). Morrow was the first person to summit all the seven peaks on the "Messner List" of Seven Summits while Richard Bass was the first to complete the "Bass List". Morrow was the

neg: 1953 British Mount Everest expedition alpinism, although its height made it questionable if it could ever be climbed. In 1885, Clinton Thomas Dent's "Above the Snow Line" suggested that an ascent might be possible. Practical considerations (and World War I) prevented significant approaches until the 1920s. George Mallory is quoted as having said he wanted to climb Everest "Because it's there", a phrase that has been called "the most famous three words in mountaineering". Mallory famously disappeared on Everest during the 1924 British Mount Everest expedition and his fate remained a mystery for 75 years. Most early attempts on Everest were made from the north

neg: Lincoln Hall (climber) partnership, setting the stage for their Himalayan mountaineering careers including their 1984 Mount Everest Expedition. After Dunagiri, Hall's mountaineering career went from strength to strength as he participated in and led numerous climbing adventures around the world, including many first ascents by Australian climbers. Amongst these were two expeditions to climb Mount Everest in Nepal (including the first Australian ascent in 1984); the first ascent of Mt Minto in the Admiralty Mountains of Antarctica (1998); and ascents of other notable peaks including Annapurna II (7963m) in Nepal, Makalu (8481m) on the China-Nepal border, and Carstensz Pyramid in Irian Jaya, Indonesia.

neg: Gülnur Tumbat In April 2014, her attempt to climb Mt. Everest failed as the ascent to the summit was officially barred after a major avalanche killed more than ten mountaineers at 5,800 m elevation. She was not hurt by the accident. In July 2015, she ascended Carstensz Pyramid (4,884 m), completing her fifth summit of the "Eight Highest Peaks", in a group of six mountaineers from South Korea, Australia, France and Sweden. On May 21, 2018 she became the first Turkish woman to summit Mount Everest from the Nepal side, known in Nepali as Sagarmāthā and in Tibetan as Chomolungma, the Earth's

neg: Eylem Elif Maviş Eylem Elif Maviş Eylem Elif Maviş, née Koç, (born November 9, 1973) is the first Turkish woman mountaineer to climb Mount Everest, the highest mountain on Earth. Elif was born on in Tokat, Turkey. She received her Bachelor of Science degree in environmental engineering and a Master of Science degree in business administration from the Middle East Technical University in Ankara. She holds another master's degree from the University of Iowa. A management systems specialist, she works as a software engineer. On July 22, 2005 she successfully summited Gasherbrum II (8,035 m), the 14th highest peak of the world, with

neg: 1924 British Mount Everest expedition an Australian to be first on Everest was not acceptable; the British wanted the climb to be an example of British spirit to lift morale. Mallory refused to climb again without Finch but changed his mind after being personally persuaded by the British royal family at Hinks's request. The new members of the climbing team included Noel Odell, Bentley Beetham and John de Vars Hazard. Andrew "Sandy" Irvine, an engineering student whom Odell knew from an expedition to Spitsbergen, was a so-called "experiment" for the team and a test for "young blood" on the slopes of Mount Everest. Due to

neg: Mount Everest that had fallen and was ailing on her descent. She was evacuated by the Himalayan Rescue Association and airlifted to Kathmandu with bad frostbite injuries. They were part of an eleven-member expedition from India. Eight had reached the summit, including the injured woman The death toll for Everest climbers rose to five in most reports by late May 2016, and with a death of a high-altitude worker on Lhotse face during the season (Everest summiters sometimes need to climb Lhotse face depending on the route), gives a total of six known deaths from the Everest massif by the time the

neg: Mount Everest season drew to a close. Although not widely reported during May, a climber in Tibet had died on 11 May 2016 which makes it possibly six for Mount Everest and seven for the Everest Massif. The Nepal ministry of tourism said five people died (on the Nepali side). 2017 was the biggest season yet, permit-wise, yielding hundreds of summiters and a handful of deaths. On 27 May 2017, Kami Rita Sherpa made her 21st climb to the summit with the Alpine Ascents Everest Expedition, one of three people in the World along with Apa Sherpa and Phurba Tashi Sherpa to

neg: 1975 British Mount Everest Southwest Face expedition were never found. A South Korean expedition climbed the route in 1995. However, on either side of the face (and so possibly to be included in its scope) are the South Pillar and Central Pillar and these have been successfully used as climbing routes several times starting in 1980 and 1982 for the two routes respectively. In 1980 there was an ascent of Everest by a full North Face route; a Kangshung Face route was achieved in 1983. 1975 British Mount Everest Southwest Face expedition The 1975 British Mount Everest Southwest Face expedition was the first to successfully climb Mount

neg: 1952 Swiss Mount Everest expedition last high camp before Fritz Luchsinger and Ernst Reiss achieved the first ascent of Lhotse summit, on May 18, 1956. There was a second Swiss expedition in the autumn of 1952, after the monsoon, the first serious attempt to climb Everest at that time of year. A party including Lambert, Tenzing and others made it to the South Col, but was forced back by extremely cold weather after reaching an altitude of . 1952 Swiss Mount Everest expedition Led by Edouard Wyss-Dunant, the 1952 Swiss Mount Everest expedition saw Raymond Lambert and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay reach a height of about

neg: Ginette Harrison Ginette Harrison Ginette Harrison (28 February 1958 – 24 October 1999) was a professional climber of British origin. She also lived in Australia and the United States. She studied medicine at the University of Bristol and later specialized in high altitude medicine. At age 25 she climbed Denali, the highest mountain in North America. It was the first of her series of climbs of the highest peaks on all seven continents, which included Mount Everest on 7 October 1993, making her only the second British woman to climb Everest, after Rebecca Stephens. On 1 December 1995 she became the third

neg: Tim Macartney-Snape Tim Macartney-Snape Tim Macartney-Snape (born 5 January 1956) is a mountaineer and author. On 3 October 1984 Macartney-Snape and Greg Mortimer were the first Australians to reach the summit of Mount Everest. They reached the summit, climbing without supplementary oxygen, via a new route on the North Face (North Face to Norton Couloir). In 1990, Macartney-Snape became the first person to walk and climb from sea level to the top of Mount Everest. Macartney-Snape is also the co-founder of the "Sea to Summit" range of outdoor and adventure gear and accessories, a guide for adventure travel company World Expeditions and

neg: Timeline of Mount Everest expeditions the mountain's other side, the North Ridge, where several climbers also died, was detailed in a first hand account by British filmmaker and writer Matt Dickinson in his book "The Other Side of Everest". Vicky Jacks of Balquidder, Scotland, summited Everest in May 2004 aged 51yrs. At the time the oldest woman to have achieved this, and Scotland's first woman climber. Timeline of Mount Everest expeditions Mount Everest is the world's highest mountain, with a peak at 8,848 metres (29,029 ft) above sea level. It is situated in the Himalayan range. The first British expedition—organized and financed by the newly

neg: Sophia Danenberg nose, frostbite on her cheeks, and a clogged oxygen mask. Since 1953, approximately 2,500 people have reached the summit. The first person of African descent to have done so was South African Sibusiso Vilane in 2003. She graduated from Harvard University. Sophia Danenberg Sophia Danenberg (born 1972) is an American mountain climber best known as the first African American and the first black woman to climb to the summit of Mount Everest, the world's tallest mountain. She is biracial, with her father black and her mother Japanese. At 2 a.m. on May 19, 2006, Danenberg reached the top of Mount

neg: Sherpa people process, Mingma set new world record – he became the first mountaineer to climb all 14 peaks on first attempt. Lakpa Tsheri Sherpa is one half of a Nepali duo that was voted "People's Choice Adventurers of the Year 2012". In April 2011, Lakpa Tsheri and Sano Babu Sunuwar made the 'Ultimate Descent': a three-month journey in which they climbed Everest, then paraglided down the mountain and proceeded to kayak through Nepal and India until they reached the Indian Ocean. On 19 May 2012, 16-year-old Nima Chhamzi Sherpa became the youngest woman to climb Everest; the previous record holder was