First 10 people who climbed Mount Everest

Mount Everest is the world's highest mountain, with a peak at 8,848 metres (29,029 ft) above sea level.Mount Everest (also known in Nepal as Sagarmatha and in Tibet as Chomolungma) is the Earth's highest mountain. It is located in theMahalangur section of the Himalayas. Its peak is 8,848 metres (29,029 ft) above sea level and is the 5th furthest point from the centre of the Earth. The international border between China and Nepal runs across the precise summit point. Its massif includes neighboring peaksLhotse, 8,516 m (27,940 ft); Nuptse, 7,855 m (25,771 ft) and Changtse, 7,580 m (24,870 ft).

In 1856, the Great Trigonometric Survey of India established the first published height of Everest, then known as Peak XV, at 29,002 ft (8,840 m). The current official height of 8,848 m (29,029 ft) as recognized by Nepal and China was established by a 1955 Indian survey and subsequently confirmed by a Chinese survey in 1975. In 1865, Everest was given its official English name by the Royal Geographical Societyupon a recommendation by Andrew Waugh, the British Surveyor General of India. Waugh named the mountain after his predecessor in the post, Sir George Everest. Although Tibetans had called Everest "Chomolungma" for centuries, Waugh was unaware of this because Tibet andNepal were closed to foreigners at the time thus preventing any attempts to obtain local names

1. Sir Edmund Hillary (29th May, 1953)

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 as having reached the summit of Mount Everest. They were part of the ninth British expedition to Everest, led by John Hunt. Hillary was named by Time as one of the 100 most influential people of the 20th century.

Hillary became interested in mountaineering while in secondary school, making 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 the 1953 Everest expedition, Hillary had been part of the British reconnaissance expedition to the mountain in 1951, as well as an unsuccessful attempt to climb Cho Oyu in 1952. As part of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition he reached the South Pole overland in 1958. He subsequently reached the North Pole, making him the first person to reach both poles and summit Everest.

Following his ascent of Everest, Hillary devoted most of his life to helping the Sherpa people of Nepal through the Himalayan Trust, which he founded. Through his efforts, many schools and hospitals were built in Nepal.

2. Tenzing Norgay Sherpa (29th May, 1953)

Tenzing Norgay OSN GM (late May 1914 – 9 May 1986), born Namgyal Wangdi and often referred to as Sherpa Tenzing, was a Nepalese Sherpamountaineer.Among the most famous mountain climbers in history, he was one of the first two individuals known to have reached the summit of Mount Everest, which he accomplished with Edmund Hillary on 29 May 1953. He was named by Time as one of the 100 most influential people of the 20th century.

3. Ernst Schmied (23rd May, 1956)

Ernst Schmied hailed from Bern, and rapidly developed into a very keen mountaineer. He climbed his way through practically every north face between Mönch and Grosshorn, as well as the Lauper route on the Eiger, the north ridge of the Fischerwand, the NW wall of the Ochs etc. He met Dora von Gunten, Hansruedi von Gunten’s sister, on one of his climbing trips, and married her in 1953. He and his wife were jointly responsible for estimating and supplying the food provisions for the Expedition.Then, on May 23, 1956, Ernst Schmied became the third person to reach the peak of Mount Everest. He was accompanied by another Swiss man, Juerg Marmet. The following day, two more of the men in his expedition also made the journey.

4. Jürg Marmet (23rd May, 1956)

Jürg Marmet was a member of the 1956 Swiss Mount Everest and Lhotse Expedition which made the second and third ascents of Everest and the first ascent of Lhotse. He climbed Mt. Everest on the 23rd of May 1956 together with Ernst Schmied (2nd ascent).

5. Dölf Reist (24th May 1956)

Dölf Reist was a member of the 1956 Swiss Mount Everest and Lhotse Expedition which made the second and third ascents of Everest and the first ascent of Lhotse. He climbed Mt. Everest on the 24th of May 1956 together with Hans Rudolf von Gunten (3rd ascent).

6. Hans Rudolf von Gunten (24th May 1956)

Hans Rudolf von Gunten was a member of the 1956 Swiss Mount Everest and Lhotse Expedition which made the second and third ascents of Everest and the first ascent of Lhotse. He climbed Mt. Everest on the 24th of May 1956 together with Dölf Reist (3rd ascent).

7. Wang Fu-chou (25th May 1960)

Wang fu-chou was an Chinese mountanier who climbed Everest on 25th of may 1960 with his friends.he was also first Chinese ever climbed on Mount Everest.Wang Fu-chou was part of a Chinese expedition led by Shih Cahn-chun.nitially, the credibility of the Chinese claim to have ascended Mount Everest was questioned by Western mountaineers. Unavailability of a summit photo of the Chinese team's ascent is the reason why their claim was under scrutiny.

8. Konbu aka Gonpa (25th May 1960)

Konbu aka Gonpa was the member of Shih Cahn-chun's Chinese expedition to Mount Everest.
Before becoming a mountaineer, Konbu was a soldier who served in the People's Liberation Army (PLA).Konbu was the first person from Tibet to summit Mount Everest.

9. Chu Ying-hua (25th May 1960)

Chu Ying-hua was part of the same Chinese team as Konbu aka Gonpa and Wang Fu-chou. This team, led by Shih Cahn-chun, consisted of Chinese and Tibetan mountaineers.
He was the first person from the North (Tibet-China) to climb Mount Everest.
10. Jim Whittaker (1st May 1963)

Jim Whittaker was the first American to climb Mount Everest. He was born on 10th February, 1929, in Seattle, USA.Whittaker was one of the members of the American expedition led by Norman G. Dyhrenfurth.In his childhood days, Jim Whittaker and his twin brother Lou would practice climbing skills on a 30-foot artific

Although it is good to see more and more people taking interest in Himalayan mountaineering expeditions, the craze of climbing Everest is also causing damage to the glaciers and fragile ecosystem of the Himalayas. It is observed that tourists litter the mountain with plastic bottles, and cut down trees to obtain firewood. In the words of Sir Edmund Hillary, "They (tourists) behave as though they are lords of the area." It important to protect the tallest peak in the world and its surroundings from human 'invasion'.