List of Mount Everest records
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This article lists different records related to Mount Everest. One of the most commonly sought after records is a "summit", meaning to reach the highest elevation point on Mount Everest.
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This article lists different records related to Mount Everest. One of the most commonly sought after records is a "summit", meaning to reach the highest elevation point on Mount Everest.
| Record name | Record | Holder | Nation | Date | Ref. |
| Highest number of times to reach the summit | 32 | Kami Rita Sherpa | Nepal | May 27, 2025 |
| Record name | Record | Holder | Nation | Date | Ref. |
| Most ascents by a woman | 11 | Lhakpa Sherpa | Nepal | May 12, 2022 | |
| Most summits without supplemental oxygen | 10 | Ang Rita | Nepal | May 23, 1996 | |
| Most summits by a foreigner (non-Nepali) | 19 | Kenton Cool | United Kingdom | May 18, 2025 | |
| Most ascents by a foreign woman | 6 | Melissa Arnot | United States |
| Record name | Record | Holder | Nation | Date | Ref. |
| Overall for Nepal | 32 | Kami Rita Sherpa | Nepal | ||
| Overall for the United Kingdom | 19 | Kenton Cool | United Kingdom | ||
| Overall for the United States | 15 | Garrett Madison and Dave Hahn | United States | ||
| Overall for Argentina | 13 | Guillermo "Willie" Benegas | Argentina | ||
| Overall for Japan | 11 | Hiroyuki Kuraoka | Japan | ||
| Overall for New Zealand | 9 | Mark Woodward, Dean Staples, Mike Roberts | New Zealand |
| Record name | Record | Holder | Nation | Date | Ref. |
| First climbers confirmed as having reached the summit | Summited | Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay | New Zealand Nepal | May 29, 1953 | |
| First woman to summit once | Summited | Junko Tabei | Japan | May 16, 1975 | |
| First man to summit twice | 2 | Nawang Gombu | India | 1963, 1965 | |
| First woman to summit twice | 2 | Santosh Yadav | India | 1992, 1993 | |
| First man to summit three times | 3 by 1982 | Sungdare Sherpa | Nepal | ||
| First woman to summit three times | 3 by 2003 | Lhakpa Sherpa | Nepal | ||
| First man to summit 4 times | 4 by 1985 | Sungdare Sherpa | Nepal | ||
| First woman to summit 4 times | 4 by 2004 | Lhakpa Sherpa | Nepal | ||
| First man to summit 5 times | 5 by 1988 | Sungdare Sherpa | Nepal | ||
| First woman to summit 5 times | 5 by 2005 | Lhakpa Sherpa | Nepal | ||
| First man to summit 6 times | 6 by 1990 | Ang Rita | Nepal | ||
| First woman to summit 6 times | 6 by 2006 | Lhakpa Sherpa | Nepal | ||
| First man to summit 7 times | 7 by 1992 | Ang Rita | Nepal | ||
| First woman to summit 7 times | 7 by 2016 | Lhakpa Sherpa | Nepal | ||
| First person to summit 8 times | 8 by 1993 | Ang Rita | Nepal | ||
| First person to summit 9 times | 9 by 1995 | Ang Rita | Nepal | ||
| First woman to summit 9 times | 9 by 2018 | Lhakpa Sherpa | Nepal | ||
| First person to summit 10 times | 10 by 1996 | Ang Rita | Nepal | ||
| First woman to summit 10 times | 10 by 2022 | Lhakpa Sherpa | Nepal | ||
| First person to summit 11 times | 11 by 2000 | Apa Sherpa | Nepal | ||
| First person to summit 12-21 times | 21 by 2011 | Apa Sherpa | Nepal | ||
| First person to summit 22 times | 22 by 2018 | Kami Rita Sherpa | Nepal | ||
| First person to summit 23 times | 23 by 2019 | Kami Rita Sherpa | Nepal | ||
| First person to summit 24-32 times | 32 by 2026 | Kami Rita Sherpa | Nepal |
| Record | Holder | Nation | Date | Ref. |
| First dual ascent made by a woman on Mount Everest summit within five days | Anshu Jamsenpa | India | 21 May 2017 |