[WORLDKINGS] On this day - May 25, 2023 – The 22nd anniversary of Erik Weihenmayer becoming the first blind man to conquer Mount Everest (2001)
25-05-2023
(Worldkings.org) Erik Weihenmayer is an American athlete, adventurer, author, activist and motivational speaker. He was the first blind person to reach the summit of Mount Everest, on May 25, 2001.
[Worldkings] Top 100 pioneers in all fields (P. 61) Alison Hargreaves (UK) First woman to climb Everest solo without supplemental oxygen
15-05-2023
(Worldkings.org) British climber becomes the first woman to reach the summit of Everest without supplemental oxygen or the help of sherpas.
[WORLDKINGS] Top 500 Constant World Records (P.440) Mark Inglis (Australia): World’s first double amputee to reach the summit of Mt Everest
22-04-2023
(worldkings.org) On 15 May 2006, after 40 days of climbing, Inglis became the first ever double amputee to reach the summit of Mount Everest, the highest mountain in the world. On April 22nd, 2023, World Records Union (WorldKings) officially Mark Inglis as the “World’s first double amputee to reach the summit of Mt Everest”.
[Worldkings] Top 100 pioneers in all fields (P. 03) Edmund Percival Hillary (New Zealand): The first person to conquer the world's highest mountain, Mt Everest
08-03-2023
(Worldkings.org) Edmund Percival Hillary (July 20, 1919 - January 11, 2008) was a New Zealand explorer and mountaineer. On May 29, 1953, Hillary and Nepalese mountaineer Tenzing Norgay became the first two people to climb Everest and return safely.
[WORLDKINGS] Top 500 Constant World Records (P.411) Reinhold Andreas Messner (Italy) : World’s first person to ascent of Everest without supplemental oxygen
14-02-2023
(worldkings.org) Reinhold Andreas Messner (born 17 September 1944) is an Italian mountaineer, explorer, and author from South Tyrol. In 1978, he reached the summit of Everest with Habeler. This was the first time anyone had been that high without supplemental oxygen. On Feburary 14th 2023, the World Records Union (WorldKings) officially declared Reinhold Andreas Messner as “World’s first person to ascent of Everest without supplemental oxygen”.
WORLDKINGS - Worldkings News - Asia Records Institute (ASRI) Hotel Everest View: Highest altitude hotel in the world
22-11-2022
(WorldKings.org) Opened in 1971, Hotel Everest View is the highest-altitude hotel in the world at 3880m. Featured in numerous guide books and has received media coverage, the resort has become a destination in its own right.
[WORLDKINGS] Top 500 Constant World Records (P.361) Arunima Sinha (India) : World's first female amputee to scale Mount Everest
20-10-2022
(WorldKings.org) Arunima has already done seven peaks till 2014: Everest in Asia, Kilimanjaro in Africa, Elbrus in Europe, Kosciuszko in Australia, Aconcagua in Argentina, and Carstensz Pyramid (Puncak Jaya) in Indonesia. She completed her final summit of Mount Vinson in Antarctica on 1 January 2019. On October 20th 2022, the World Records Union (WorldKings) officially declared Arunima Sinha as “World's first female amputee to scale Mount Everest”.
[WORLDKINGS] Top 500 Constant World Records (P.317) Tom Whittaker (England) : World’s first leg amputee man to climb to the summit of Mount Everest
09-07-2022
(worldkings.org) On May 27, 1998, on his third attempt, Tom Whittaker reached the summit of Mt. Everest, a lifelong dream, making him the first person with a disability to accomplish this feat. On July 9th, 2022, World Records Union (WorldKings) officially declared Tom Whittaker as “World’s first leg amputee man to climb to the summit of Mount Everest”.
WORLDKINGS - Worldkings News - Australia Records Institute (AURI) Mark Inglis: World’s first double amputee to reach the summit of Mount Everest
07-06-2022
(WorldKings.org) Mark Joseph Inglis ONZM (born 27 September 1959) is a New Zealand mountaineer, researcher, winemaker and motivational speaker.
WORLDKINGS - Worldkings News - Europe Records Institute (EURI) – Reinhold Messner: First person to ascent of Everest without supplemental oxygen
08-03-2022
(WorldKings.org) Reinhold Andreas Messner (born 17 September 1944) is an Italian mountaineer, explorer, and author from South Tyrol. In 1978, he reached the summit of Everest with Habeler. This was the first time anyone had been that high without supplemental oxygen.
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