Mount Everest notable "firsts" by climbers include: Summiting Everest with disabilities such as amputations and diseases has become popular in the 21st century, with stories like that of Sudarshan Gautam, a man with no arms who made it to the top in 2013. A teenager with Down's syndrome made it to Base camp, which has become a substitute for more extreme record-breaking because it carries many of the same thrills including the trip to the Himalayas and rustic scenery. Danger lurks even at base camp though, which was the site where dozens were killed in the 2015 Mount Everest avalanches. Others that
Mount Everest in 2013 Mount Everest in 2013 The Mount Everest climbing season of 2013 included 658 summits and 8 deaths. Due to avalanches in 2014 and 2015, this was the last big summiting year until 2016. The 2013 Himalayan Database recorded 658 summits, which brought the total number to 6,871 by 4,042 different persons. The year's total was greater than 2007's 633 summiters, the previous yearly record. In 2013, Yuichiro Miura became the oldest person to reach the summit, at age 80. A Eurocopter AS350 B3 flown by Maurizio Folini achieved a record breaking rescue at on the morning of 21 May, retrieving