List of Mount Everest records

One of the most commonly sought after records is a "summit", meaning to reach the highest elevation point on Mount Everest.

This table shows the progression of the record for oldest male summiter, as well as some additional examples of aged summiters for comparison Tenzing Norgay was older than his climbing partner Sir Edmund Hillary, as the first confirmed climbers to reach the summit, they became the modern-day starting point for the oldest and youngest climbers respectively.

This table shows the progression of the record for oldest female summiter.

See also Many Mount Everest records are held by Nepali, especially those from the Sherpa region.

This is why in 2016 Adrian Ballinger said on Instagram "9 Sherpa using supplemental oxygen became the first to summit on the South Side of Everest in the past 3 years" in 2016.

From Kala Patthar , west of Everest looking the South West face primarily
Mount Everest from Gokyo Ri , showing a little more of the North face
Tashi and Nungshi were the first twins to summit Mount Everest together.
Chhurim summited twice in May 2012, the first woman to summit twice in a season.