Timeline of Mount Everest expeditions the mountain's other side, the North Ridge, where several climbers also died, was detailed in a first hand account by British filmmaker and writer Matt Dickinson in his book "The Other Side of Everest". Vicky Jacks of Balquidder, Scotland, summited Everest in May 2004 aged 51yrs. At the time the oldest woman to have achieved this, and Scotland's first woman climber. Timeline of Mount Everest expeditions Mount Everest is the world's highest mountain, with a peak at 8,848 metres (29,029 ft) above sea level. It is situated in the Himalayan range. The first British expedition—organized and financed by the newly
Mount Everest in 2017 a window of good weather. The ascent opened what one reporter called "the summit blitz". In the early morning of Monday, May 15, 14 members of the Gurkha Everest Expedition summited from the Nepal side. Expedition organizers predicted that 150 would try for the summit in the following days. By May 15, at least 35 more climbers from around the world had summitted. By May 25, an estimated 300–400 people had summited Mount Everest from the Nepal side, and another 120 or so from the Chinese Tibet side. It was discovered that the 2015 earthquake had altered the famed Hillary