Transmission of Neurosyphilis from Person to Person. Neurosyphilis is considered infectious but is not transmitted from person to person. Generally, a disease like this is caused by an infectious agent and not spread between people.
On May 29, 1953, Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay completed the first confirmed ascent of Mount Everest, which stands 29,035 feet above sea level.
1 Aug. 20, 1980: Reinhold Messner is the first person to reach the summit solo. 2  1996 climbing season: 16 people die while climbing on Mount Everest, the highest number of fatalities in a single year. 3  Eight climbers die on May 10 during a storm.