Top 10 List:

The first 10 climbers to ascend Mt Everest

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Mountaineer

Country

Date

1.

Edmund Hillary

New Zealand

29 May 1953

2.

Tenzing Norgay

Nepal

29 May 1953

3.

Jurg Marmet

Switzerland

23 May 1956

4.

Ernst Schmied

Switzerland

23 May 1956

5.

Has-Rudolf von Gunten

Switzerland

23 May 1956

Adolf Reist

Switzerland

23 May 1956

7.

Wang Fu-Chou

China

25 May 1960

8.

Chu Ying-hua

China

25 May 1960

9.

Konbu

Tibet

25 May 1960

=10.

Nawang Gombu

India

1 May 1963

James Whittaker

USA

1 May 1963