<P> Many Mount Everest records are held by Nepali, especially those from the Sherpa region . </P> <Ul> <Li> On 11 May 2011, Apa Sherpa successfully reached the summit of Everest for the twenty - first time, breaking his own record for the most successful ascents . He first climbed Mount Everest in 1989 at the age of 29 . <Ul> <Li> Phurba Tashi Sherpa (also 21 times) </Li> <Li> Kami Rita Sherpa (21 times by 2017) </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> One famous Nepalese female mountaineer was Pasang Lhamu Sherpa, the first Nepali female climber to reach the summit of Everest, but who died during the descent . Another well - known woman Sherpa was the two - time Everest summiter Pemba Doma Sherpa, who died after falling from Lhotse on 22 May 2007 . </Li> <Li> Nepali mountaineer Lhakpa Sherpa, the first Nepali female climber to reach the summit of Everest and descend from it, has stood atop of Everest 7 times by 2016 and 8 times by 2017, the most times for woman . </Li> </Ul> <Li> On 11 May 2011, Apa Sherpa successfully reached the summit of Everest for the twenty - first time, breaking his own record for the most successful ascents . He first climbed Mount Everest in 1989 at the age of 29 . <Ul> <Li> Phurba Tashi Sherpa (also 21 times) </Li> <Li> Kami Rita Sherpa (21 times by 2017) </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Ul> <Li> Phurba Tashi Sherpa (also 21 times) </Li> <Li> Kami Rita Sherpa (21 times by 2017) </Li> </Ul>

Who was the second woman to climb mount everest