What famous explorers have climbed Mount Everest?

* Reinhold Messner and Peter Habeler: The first people to climb Mount Everest without supplemental oxygen, on May 8, 1978.

* Junko Tabei: The first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest, on May 16, 1975.

* Apa Sherpa: The person with the most successful summits of Mount Everest, with 21 ascents.

* Phurba Tashi: The youngest person to reach the summit of Mount Everest, at the age of 17 years and 10 months.

* Tamae Watanabe: The oldest woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest, at the age of 73 years and 180 days.

* Erik Weihenmayer: The first blind person to reach the summit of Mount Everest, on May 25, 2001.

* Malgorzata Dydek: The tallest woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest, at 6 feet 9 inches tall.

* Apa Sherpa: The first person to reach the summit of Mount Everest 21 times.

* Pemba Dorje Sherpa: The first person to reach the summit of Mount Everest without using bottled oxygen, in 2006.

* Ang Rita Sherpa: The first person to reach the summit of Mount Everest ten times, in 1999.

* Lhakpa Gelu Sherpa: The first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest twice in the same calendar year, in 2003.

* Kilian Jornet Burgada: The first person to climb Mount Everest from sea level to summit in less than 25 hours, in 2017.

* Nirmal Purja: The first person to climb all 14 of the world’s 8,000-meter peaks in just 6 months and 6 days, in 2019.