The Republic of Nepal is known as the highest mountainous country in the world. On the northern side it is bordered by the Great Himalayan Range, famous for several peaks exceeding 8000 meters, including Everest - the highest on the planet (8848 meters).

Everest: who conquered the place of the gods

By folk beliefs, this place was considered the abode of the gods, so no one thought of climbing there.

The top of the world even had special names: Chomolungma (“Mother - Goddess of Peace”) among the Tibetans and Sagarmatha (“Forehead of Heaven”) among the Nepalese. They began to call it Everest only in 1856, with which China, India, and the direct culprit of the renaming did not agree - the British aristocrat, geodesist, military man - George Everest, who was the first to determine the exact location of the Himalayan peak and its height. Disputes still arise from time to time in the press that a mountain located in Asia should not have a European name. Who was the first to conquer Everest - the peak that almost every climber dreams of?

The graceful beauty of the top of the world

Everest nature with rocks, snow and eternal ice menacingly stern and silently beautiful. Here, severe frosts almost always prevail (down to -60 °C), avalanches and snow falls are frequent, and the tops of the mountains are blown from all sides by fierce winds, the gust speed of which reaches 200 km/h. At an altitude of about 8 thousand meters, the “death zone” begins, so called for the lack of oxygen (30% of the amount present at sea level).

Risk for what?

However, despite such cruel natural conditions, conquering Everest has been and is the cherished dream of many climbers around the world. Standing at the top for a few minutes to go down in history, to look at the world from heavenly heights - isn’t this happiness? For such an unforgettable moment, climbers are ready to take risks with our own lives. And they take risks, knowing that they can remain in an untrodden land for eternity. Factors in the possible death of a person who ends up there are lack of oxygen, frostbite, injury, heart failure, fatal accidents and even the indifference of partners.

So, in 1996, a group of rock climbers from Japan met with three Indian climbers who were in a semi-fainting state. They died because the Japanese did not help their “competitors” and passed by indifferently. In 2006, 42 climbers, along with Discovery Channel television crews, indifferently walked past an Englishman who was slowly dying from hypothermia, and also tried to interview him and take photographs. As a result, the daredevil who risked conquering Everest alone died from frostbite and oxygen starvation. One of the Russian climbers, Alexander Abramov, explains such actions of his colleagues as follows: “At an altitude of more than 8,000 meters, a person striving to conquer the peak is completely occupied with himself and does not have extra strength to provide assistance in such extreme conditions.”

George Mallory's attempt: successful or not?

So who was the first to conquer Everest? The discovery of George Everest, who had never conquered this mountain, was the impetus for the unbridled desire of many climbers to reach the top of the world, which George Mallory, Everest’s compatriot, was the first to decide on (in 1921).

Unfortunately, his attempt was unsuccessful: heavy snowfalls, strong winds and lack of experience in climbing to such a height stopped the British climber. However, the unattainable peak beckoned to Mallory, and he made two more unsuccessful ascents (in 1922 and 1924). During the last expedition, his teammate Andrew Irwin disappeared without a trace. One of the expedition members, Noel Odell, was the last to see them through a gap in the clouds rising to the top. Only after 75 years, an American search expedition discovered Mallory’s remains at an altitude of 8155 meters. Judging by their location, the climbers fell into the abyss. Also in scientific circles, when studying the same remains and their location, an assumption arose that George Mallory was the first person to conquer Everest. Andrew Irwin's body was never found.

The years 1924-1938 were marked by the organization of a number of more expeditions, although unsuccessful. After them, Everest was forgotten for some time, because the Second World War began.

Pioneers

Who conquered Everest first? The Swiss decided to storm the unconquered peak in 1952, but the maximum height they climbed stopped at 8,500 meters; 348 meters was beyond the reach of climbers due to bad weather conditions.

If we assume that Mallory was unable to reach the top of the world's highest mountain, then the question of who was the first to conquer Everest can be safely answered - New Zealander Edmund Hillary in 1953, and not by himself, but with an assistant - Sherpa Norgay Tenzing .

By the way, Sherpas (from Tibetan, “sher” - east, “pa” - people) are the very people without whom, perhaps, hardly anyone would have been able to reach such a coveted peak. They are a mountain people who settled in Nepal more than 500 years ago. It was the Sherpas who were the easiest to climb Everest, since this mountain is their homeland, where every path is familiar from childhood.

Sherpas are reliable helpers on the way to the top

Sherpas are very good-natured people who are not capable of causing offense to anyone. Murder for them common mosquito or a field mouse is considered terrible sin, which requires a lot of begging. The Sherpas have their own language, but nowadays they almost all speak English. This is the great merit of Edmund Hillary, the first conqueror of Everest. As a token of gratitude for the invaluable help, he built a school at his own expense in one of the main villages.

Although, with all the penetration of civilization into the lives of the Sherpas, their way of life remains largely patriarchal. Traditional settlements are stone two-story houses, on the ground floor of which livestock is usually kept: yaks, sheep, goats, and the family itself is usually located on the second floor; there is also a kitchen, bedrooms, and a living room. Minimum furniture. Thanks to pioneer mountaineers, electricity recently appeared; They still don’t have gas or any kind of central heating. They use yak dung as fuel for cooking, which is first collected and dried on stones.

The inaccessible Mount Everest... Who was the first to conquer this distant peak: or George Mallory? Scientists are still looking for the answer today, as well as the answer to the question of what year Everest was conquered: in 1924 or 1953.

Everest Conquest Records

Everest has succumbed to more than one person; even records were set for a temporary ascent to the top. For example, in 2004, Sherpa Pemba Dorj reached it from base camp in 10 hours 46 minutes, while most climbers take up to several days to complete the same operation. The fastest person to descend the mountain in 1988 was the Frenchman Jean-Marc Boivin, although he made the jump on a paraglider.

The women who conquered Everest are in no way inferior to men, also stubbornly and persistently overcoming every meter of the climb to the top. The first representative of the weak half of humanity in 1975 was the Japanese Junko Tabei, 10 days later - Phantog, a Tibetan climber.

Who was the first senior person to conquer Everest? The oldest conqueror of the summit is 76-year-old Nepalese Min Bahadur Sherkhan, and the youngest is 13-year-old American Jordan Romero. Of interest is the persistence of another young conqueror of the “top of the world” - 15-year-old Temba Tseri Sherpa, whose first attempt was unsuccessful due to lack of strength and frostbite on both hands. Upon his return, Tembe had 5 fingers amputated, which did not stop him; he conquered Everest on his second ascent.

Among the disabled is also the first person to conquer Everest. This is Mark Inglis, who rose to the top of the world in 2006 using prosthetics.

The hero even joked that, unlike other climbers, he would not get frostbite on his toes. Moreover, his legs were frostbitten earlier, while trying to climb the highest peak in New Zealand - Cook's Peak, after which they were amputated.

Apparently Everest has a certain magical power, if hundreds of climbers rush towards him. The one who conquered him once returned more than once, trying to do it again.

Alluring peak - Everest

Who was the first to conquer Everest? Why are people so drawn to this place? There are quite a lot of reasons explaining this. Tickling nerves, lack of thrills, the desire to test yourself, the boredom of everyday life...

Texas millionaire Dick Bass is the man who conquered Everest. He, not being a professional climber, was not going to spend years carefully preparing for a dangerous climb and decided to conquer the peak of the world right away, as they say: here and now. Bass was ready to pay any money to anyone who would help make his seemingly unrealistic dream come true.

Dick Bass was still able to conquer the top of Everest, and the expedition’s assistants were an assembled team that provided the millionaire with comfort while climbing; people carried all the cargo, tents, water, food. So to speak, the ascent was all-inclusive, and this served as the beginning of commercial travel to the summit.

Since then, since 1985, anyone who has enough money to do so can conquer the peak. Today, the cost of one such ascent varies from 40 to 85 thousand dollars, depending on the side of the climb up the mountain. If the journey takes place from Nepal, then it is more expensive, because a special permission from the king is required, costing 10 thousand dollars. The rest of the amount is paid for organizing the expedition.

And there was even a wedding...

In 2005, Mona Mule and Pem Georgi had a wedding on top of the world. Having climbed up, the newlyweds took off the traditional colored garlands around their necks for a few minutes. Pem then anointed the forehead of his bride with scarlet powder, symbolizing marriage. The newlyweds kept their act a secret from everyone: parents, acquaintances, expedition partners, because they were not sure of the successful outcome of the planned event.

So how many people have summited Everest? Surprisingly, today there are more than 4,000 people. And the most optimal period for climbing gentle weather conditions considered spring and autumn. True, such an idyll does not last long - only a few weeks, which climbers try to use as fruitfully as possible.

According to statistics, every tenth of those who storm Everest dies, and most of the accidents occur during the descent, when there is practically no strength left. Theoretically, Everest can be conquered in a few days. In practice, gradualness and an optimal combination of ascents and rests are required.

“Roof of the Earth”, aka Jamalungma, aka Everest - all these are the names of the highest mountain in the world. It always evoked a lot of emotions among climbers and became the goal of their lives.

Among its conquerors there are both women and men. Their ages vary: there are, in particular, quite young people for whom Everest became the first peak. We bring to your attention the top 10 youngest of them.

Jordan Romero

An American boy who, at the age of 13 years and 10 months, conquered Everest with his father, for which the latter was repeatedly condemned by society. To date, he is officially the youngest climber to conquer this mountain. This is largely due to the fact that the authorities of a number of countries have limited the ascent of children to Everest. Thus, in China the minimum age for climbing Everest is 18, and in Nepal it is 16. It is worth noting that there are no restrictions on the maximum age.

Malavath Purna

On May 25, 2014, she set foot on the summit of Everest, becoming the youngest girl from India to conquer the mountain. That day she was 13 years and 11 months old. The young athlete was chosen from 108 boarding school students and met the hopes of her coaches by managing to climb Everest.

Ming Kipa

Ming Kipa is a fifteen year old girl from Nepal. She became the youngest girl to reach the top of a mountain of this magnitude. (pictured right) She made her ascent in 2003, becoming the absolute record holder among young climbers who conquered Everest.

Bear Grylls

British traveler, television presenter of the television program “Survive at any Cost.” On May 26, 1998, Grylls conquered Everest, at that moment he was 23 years old. Bear entered the Guinness Book of Records as the youngest Briton to climb Everest.

Pemba Dorje

On May 23, 2004, he climbed to the top of Mount Everest. He was then 25 years old. It was during this ascent that he set the world record for the fastest climb up the mountain. His time was 12 hours 45 minutes. Today his record has already been broken, but at that time he was the first who was able to climb Jamalungma so quickly.

Urobko Denis

A climber from Kazakhstan conquered Everest at the age of 26. He has the unofficial status of “Snow Leopard” and is a repeated champion of the CIS, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan in the high-altitude, technical winter class. Being an international master of sports, Denis won the “Golden Ice Ax of Asia” prize four times.

Mezova Karina

A climber from Nalchik who realized her dream of climbing Everest at the age of 28: she reported this by phone while standing on the mountain. The girl placed the flag of Adygea on the top - in memory of the victims of the Caucasian War.

Omar Samra

He also climbed Jamalungma in 2007, when he was 29 years old. Thus, he became the youngest Arab and the first Egyptian to rise to this height.

Zhumaev Maksut

Honored Master of Sports in mountaineering from Kazakhstan. Conqueror of all eight-thousand-meter heights of the world except Karakorum, which became a “stumbling block” for him and his partners. Maksut conquered Everest in 2007, at the age of 30. He is famous for the fact that he climbed Everest without additional oxygen.

Korobeshko Lyudmila

A climber from Russia who first climbed to the top of Everest at the age of 32. This was not her first ascent. She is a translator by profession, but her passion for rock climbing led to meeting her husband and turning her hobby into a profession. By the way, Lyudmila is the first woman from Russia to climb Everest twice.

Mountaineering is a way of life, not a profession. This is the opinion of everyone who has at least once been at a height and seen the world from a bird's eye view, having previously walked difficult path over rocks or snowdrifts. Climbing Everest has not lost its popularity, despite its danger and difficulty.

Today, May 23, 2013, at 9:05 am (local time), the legendary Japanese climber, 80-year-old Yuichiro Miura, climbed to the top of Everest!

With this ascent, Yuichiro Miura rewrote the age record for Everest conquerors, becoming the oldest climber to reach its peak!

Yuichiro Miura climbed Everest with the support of his team, which also included his son, 49-year-old Gota Miura.
In total, the ascent from Base Camp took 8 days. The climbers completed the last push to the summit from Camp 5 at an altitude of 8.5 thousand meters in seven hours. The final meters of the distance were complicated by constant strong winds. The ascent was made using oxygen cylinders.

Start of Yuichiro Miura's ascent to Everest, May 2013:

"I did it!"- Yuichiro said from the top of Everest on the phone. "I never thought it was possible to reach the top of Everest at the age of 80. It's the most wonderful feeling in the world, even though I'm completely exhausted. Even at the ripe old age of 80, I can still do something extraordinary."

Yuichiro and his team remained at the top of Everest for about 30 minutes, taking memorable photographs, and then began to descend to the bottom.

But this record of Yuichiro Miura can last only a few days, because next week he will be followed by the summit of Everest, even though he suffered a breakdown just a few days ago digestive system.

In addition, the team of Min Bahadur Sherkhan faced financial difficulties when they did not receive the financial assistance promised by the Nepalese government (later Purna Chandra Bhattarai, the head of the Nepalese mountaineering department, stated that this financial aid still under consideration by the government).

Yuichiro became a famous conqueror of Everest primarily for his first ski descent from the peak in May 1970.
Yuichiro Miura is sometimes called "the man who skied down Everest for the first time", but more often he is given funnier titles, such as "the man who first skied (almost head over heels) off Everest".

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It is worth noting that this film won an Oscar in 1975 in the category "Best documentary".

Note that already in the 2000s, a rivalry developed between Yuichiro and Min Bahadur in setting the age record for climbing Everest:

The first person to enter the Guinness Book of Records was Yuichiro, who in 2003, at the age of 70, became the oldest person to climb to the top of Mount Everest.

In 2008, Yuichiro, aged 75, Once again climbed Everest with the goal of breaking his own age record; however, just one day before Yuichiro's ascent, on May 25, 2008, Nepalese climber Min Bahadur Sherchan summited Everest at the age of 76 years and 340 days, breaking all age records for climbing Everest.

However, in 2008, Yuichiro was awarded an entry in the Guinness Book of Records for his conquest of Everest as the only person in the world to have climbed Everest twice at the age of over 70 years.

After his second summit of Everest, Yuichiro planned a "anniversary" climb at the age of 80; however, in 2009 he was seriously injured in a skiing accident, breaking his pelvic bones and left femur. Then, the doctors definitely said that I would have to give up climbing mountains. However, his strong determination and desire to climb Everest refuted the arguments of doctors and skeptics. Just 6 months after the accident, Yuichiro began training again

By the way, in the Miura family, Yuichiro is not the only record holder; his father, Keizo Miura, is also a very athletic and brave person.
In 1981, Yuichiro organized an ascent to the highest point in Africa - Mount Kilimanjaro (5895 m). Naturally, in order to ski down from there. This time Yuichiro was not alone; his father Keizo and son Goto took part in this expedition with him.
In 1981, Keizo was 77 years old, and 22 years later, in 2003, Keizo Miura performed an act that earned him a mention in the Guinness Book of Records - he skied down the White Valley in Chamonix (France) (there are ski slopes there highest category difficulties). It is not surprising that his grandson Goto practiced moguls for many years (this is downhill skiing on a special uneven track) and was the leader of the Japanese team in this sport.
Yuichiro Miura's further achievements were just as “modest”. In 1983, he participated in the Seven Summits program (climbing the highest points of all continents) by Rick Ridgeway and Dick Bass and on November 30 skied Mount Vinson (5140 m) in Antarctica. And in 1985, Elbrus (5642 m) and Aconcagua (6960 m) fell under his skis.

Yuichiro Miura was born in October 1932 in Aomori Prefecture (northern Honshu Island). His father raised him in an atmosphere of strictness and respect for physical culture. A versatile athlete and diligent student, Yuichiro entered Hokkaido University in Sapporo. He studied to become a veterinarian. However, at this time a real ski boom began on the northern Japanese island. Physically strong and agile, Yuichiro turned out to be the strongest skier of the university, city and then the country. Participation in international competitions did not bring him much fame; to reach the level of the strongest athletes from the Alpine countries, however, he became acquainted with other thinking people, which opened up other horizons for him.

Miura decided to take the most important step - he became a professional. He started at commercial events in the USA, where he impressed everyone with his composure and absolute fearlessness. The competition did not bring satisfaction, either material or moral. Yuichiro decided to seek his fortune in the nascent world of extreme skiing. The samurai achieved absolute perfection in mastery of himself and his weapons. Miura's weapon was skis. He trained selflessly, took risks and won. Soon a series of exploits began that made him a national hero. World speed record on a glacier in Cervinia (172 km/h), first ski descent from Mount Fuji (1966), first descent from McKinley (1967).

And finally, in 1970, it was Everest's turn. Let's say right away that Miura did not descend from the top of Everest (this was done much later by Kammerlander and Karnichar). The highest point was the South Col (about 8000 meters). However, what he did is unlikely to be repeated. Miura did not slide down the slope or traverse the slope, preparing to turn with a jump at the end of the slanting descent. The Japanese reached speeds of up to 150 km per hour while descending the mountaineering route. He drove almost straight down and, to slow down, threw out a special parachute. The situation was super extreme. Either as a result of a mistake, or in an attempt to slow down, Miura falls and his uncontrolled fall resembles the fall of an inanimate object. The bergschrund, a foothill crack that should become his grave, is rapidly approaching. And suddenly a miracle happens, the skier miraculously stops. He stands on a steep slope ten meters from the crack, collects and secures the parachute. Calmly and confidently he walks around (the skis are lost) the crack. He is alive, he is collected and calm. A samurai is a samurai.

Miura is an atypical Japanese, in a country with predominantly lifetime employment, he has been in a constant work dynamic all his life. Dozens of projects, millions and millions of yen, passed through him. He rose to receive the emperor and experienced periods of stagnation, received orders, presided over various high meetings, led all alpine skiing country, taught at the university, while raising children and caring for parents. In 1981, he organized an ascent to the highest point in Africa, Kilimanjaro, which he climbed with his father (Keizo was 77 years old at the time) and his 11-year-old son Goto. In 1983, Vinson descends from the highest point of Antarctica. In 1985, after skiing from Elbrus, Miura completed a program of skiing from the seven highest peaks of the continents. It seemed that the limit of feats for one person had been exhausted. But Yuichiro returned.

He came once again to show his strength, to show how long a person should maintain physical fitness, to show how wonderful it is when representatives of different generations understand each other and do one thing together. In 2000, Miura, together with a group of students, climbed one of the five-thousanders in Nepal. And he decided that his mountaineering career could well be continued. The following year he successfully climbs Mera Peak (6476m). And in 2002, a 69-year-old Japanese climbed Cho Oyu and became the oldest climber on eight-thousanders. And so new try, a new challenge. We see Yuichiro on the slopes of Everest. He is still serious and collected. He looks 20 years younger than his age. And it seems that nothing can stop him on the way to his goal.

Here are some representative excerpts from Rick Ridgeway and Dick Bass's book Seven Summits. Miura joined the Mount Vinson expedition in 1983. Antarctica is a very special continent. There are no boundaries, and all management essentially belongs to the scientists. There were no athletes or even just tourists there until the 80s and no one was officially going to allow them there. The cost of the program was also an important limiting factor. Therefore, even such forward-thinking people as Wells and Bass (millionaires, initiators of the program) took almost two years to organize an expedition to highest point Antarctica. It turned out, among other things, that there are only two planes in the world that can fly to the required point, land and rise on an untreated patch of ice. And that only 2 pilots in the world are capable of taking on such a flight. And that a number of other points must coincide, and still the success of the expedition is not guaranteed. The expedition's budget was close to a million dollars, a sum that was difficult even for Bass and Wells to pay. It’s good that they were joined by the famous skier and climber Yukio Miura, who managed to collect several hundred thousand dollars in the then prosperous Japan. In addition to them, the famous English climber Chris Bonington played a significant role in the expedition.

The flight to the Vinson area was in itself a risky climb. A private DC-3 aircraft, manufactured in 1944, was chartered. The flight took place first from Canada through California to southern Chile, then to the Antarctic base and to the summit area. When landing, ice flying ace Giles Kershaw only skied on the surface of the glacier and took to the skies again. It was reconnaissance. On the second approach, he landed successfully, having bounced around the sastrugi quite a bit. The team began the climb with enthusiasm. It seemed that there were no significant obstacles. However, the first attempt was disrupted due to strong wind. Only Bonington reached the summit. On the second attempt, on November 30, 1983, Bass and Rick Ridgway succeeded in the ascent, followed by the others, including Wells. At the same time, Miura successfully skied almost from the very top to the base camp.

“In the hangar I met Yuichiro Miura and his cameraman Tae Maeda. Miura was dismantling equipment that took up the entire hangar. He had extremely muscular legs and a handsome, tanned and weathered face. He looked about thirty years old, maybe forty (I was amazed to learn that he was 51 years old). The temperature was normal for an Australian summer, somewhere around +30, Miura was bare-chested, wearing sports shorts and large leather boots. “New shoes,” he said smiling, “better break them in beforehand.”

The cameraman was filming while he was disassembling the equipment and checking ski bindings, packed a backpack. Miura still planned to descend from Vinson and prepare a 90-minute broadcast for Japanese television. Miura was a modern samurai, determined to face danger on skis; a folk hero so well known in Japan that he was once besieged in a Tokyo restaurant by a crowd of excited girls who tore his T-shirt and wrote their names on it with a marker.

“Our two Japanese comrades Yuichiro Miura and his cameraman Tae Maeda also climbed with us. Miura had perhaps the heaviest load of all, carrying all the ski equipment for the descent from the summit. At this tense moment, we realized how great it was that Miura and Maeda were with us on this trip, both self-possessed, hardworking and sociable. Fortunately, they both spoke good English, although Dick (Bass) was constantly trying to practice his Japanese, at the level tourist phrasebook.»

“Frank succeeded, no doubt only because Miura, despite his own large backpack, insisted on taking part of his load. If we called Bass a dynamo for his energy, then the confident, handsome Japanese ski hero, at the age of 50, was a “superman”. Frank said he would never forget his generosity. In fact, for many months, Frank constantly talked about Miura as one of greatest people that I've ever met."

“Frank, a film business professional (for the sake of the Seven Summits project, he left his post as head of Warner Brothers), believed that Miura would ski only part of the way to Camp 1. After all, on the way down there was a real icefall with cracks and serac towers. Frank believed that Miura would find a couple of effective shots, do a couple of takes from different angles. But it won't go straight down. He was wrong. “Miura drove from the tents of Camp 2 to Camp 1 without stopping,” Frank later said, “he flew over cracks, went around seracs at full speed, and jumped over blocks. It was the most incredible descent I have ever seen."

Incredible facts

As you know, society extols youth when our beauty and strength flourish.

However, many achievements require wisdom, long preparation and experience.

Here are a few people who reached a certain level, and in some cases became infamous, much earlier than the rest.

10. The youngest serial killer

Many children are violent, and antisocial tendencies in childhood can develop into serious crimes.

However, to meet a serial killer who has not yet reached adolescence- this is something out of the ordinary. The youngest serial killer entered into the protocol is 8 year old Armadip Sada (Armadeeep Sada) from India.

The boy is the culprit 3 kills, including his cousin and sister, who were less than a year, and the neighbor's child, after which he was caught. All three children were stoned to death.

What exactly made the boy commit these murders is unknown. When the press asked about Sade's psychiatric condition, they responded that the boy "smiled a lot and asked for cookies."

9. Youngest marathon athlete

Another representative from India, boy Budhia Singh(Budhia Singh) At the age of 3 he became the youngest marathon runner in the world.

The boy's mother was forced to sell him due to poverty, and the boy was placed in the care of an orphanage owner and a judo coach. Biranchi Das(Biranchi Das).

One day the coach made the boy run as a punishment for bad behavior and Das ran for many hours. By the age of 4, he had already participated in 48 marathons. Despite his abilities, there were suspicions that the coach was exploiting Budhia, and he was removed from his care in 2007. Now the boy is in State Academy, and his coach was killed in 2008.

8. Youngest university graduate

Michael Kearney(Michael Kearney) entered the Guinness Book of Records as the youngest graduate of the university, receiving a bachelor's degree in University of South Alabama, USA at the age of 10.

At the age of 4, he passed the Johns Hopkins Diagnostic Test in mathematics without even having studied, and easily graduated from high school at the age of 6.

He began teaching at Vanderbilt University at age 16, earning a master's degree at age 17. By age 21, he had four degrees in anthropology, computer science, geology, and chemistry.

7. The youngest conqueror of Everest

Since Edmund Hilary And Tenzing Norgay made the first ascent of Everest in 1953, thousands of people tried to repeat this difficult task. Conquest highest peak world is a dangerous business, and about 10 percent of people die on the way to their goal.

Jordan Romero(Jordan Romero) from California, USA became the youngest conqueror of Everest at the age of only 13 years. This happened in May 2010.

But he did not stop at this achievement, and by the age of 15, in addition to Everest, he had conquered the peaks of Kilimanjaro, Elbrus, Aconcagua, McKinley, Puncak Jaya and the Vinson Massif in Antarctica.

6. Youngest singer to appear on the Billboard charts

There's no shortage of young talent these days, but most musicians don't make it onto the charts until they can string together at least a couple of sentences.

But everything changed in early 2012, when daughter of famous rapper Jay-Z and Beyoncé, named Blue Ivy Carter(Blue Ivy Carter), appeared in a cameo role on the single "Glory" just after a few days after birth.

The song was a kind of expression of a father's love for his daughter, saying that "my greatest creation is you." As you might guess, the baby’s contribution to the track was minimal, since only a fragment of his daughter’s cry after birth was recorded.

But this was enough to become the youngest person to appear on the Billboard chart. Her place on the chart was marked by number 74 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hong chart.

5. The youngest officer and combat training instructor

Since childhood Donnie Dunagan(Donnie Dunagan) was an actor, starring in films such as "Son of Frankenstein" and voicing the cartoon "Bambi". However, this became his last role as his parents separated and he was forced to work and seek refuge in a boarding house. IN 18 years he entered US Marine Corps, becoming the youngest combat training instructor.

He fought in Vietnam, was wounded and reached the rank of major before retiring in 1977.

4. The youngest child suicide

The tragic record of the young man who intentionally committed suicide belongs to 6 year old Samantha Kuberski (Samantha Kuberski) from Oregon, who hanged herself on December 2, 2009.

The girl was sent to her room after an argument with her mother, and she wrapped a belt around her neck, tying it to the crib. After her lifeless body was discovered, Samantha was taken to hospital, where she died.

Although police believed it was an accidental suicide, medical experts determined it was a deliberate suicide, leading to much debate as to whether a child of that age could even appreciate the gravity of such a decision.

3. Youngest billionaire

Many people dream of wealth and, at best, achieve it after many years of work or through luck. However, the advent of the Internet led to the birth of a whole generation of young and very rich people.

The youngest killer, college graduate, billionaire and others...

Society tends to revere youth - it is during this period of life that our bodies are at their strongest and most beautiful. However, many achievements often require training, preparation and wisdom. We want to tell you about ten people who achieved success, albeit in some cases very dubious, in very early age.

1. The youngest serial killer

Anyone who has spent more than ten minutes on a playground knows full well that children can be cruel. In fact, many of the antisocial tendencies that ultimately lead to more serious crimes appear at a very early age: animal abuse is an example - sometimes a boy or girl can even kill a defenseless animal.

However, finding a serial killer who has not even reached puberty is extremely difficult. The youngest known serial killer was eight-year-old Amardeep Sada from Bihar, India. By the age of eight, Sada had already killed three people, including his young cousin and sister. After killing a neighbor's child, he was taken into custody.

All three were beaten to death with sticks and stones. What exactly was the reason for Sade’s behavior is unknown - the police, in response to the press, only replied that this boy “often smiles and asks for cookies.”

2. Youngest marathon runner

Any parent who has ever driven small child for a walk in the park, can confirm that children are not very resilient. But a little boy named Budha Singh from Orissa, India, does not fit this stereotype - at the age of three, Singh began participating in marathons.

The child's mother, a paralyzed beggar, was forced to sell him. The boy eventually ended up with Biranchi Das, the owner orphanage and a judo coach. One day Das caught little Budha doing something unseemly and forced him to run as punishment - Budha ran for several hours.

By the age of four, he had taken part in 48 marathons. There was some concern that Das was using Budha's abilities for personal gain, so the boy was removed from his care in 2007.

Now Budha is in a government boarding school, and Das was killed a year later in a random street incident. Interestingly, Orissa is also the birthplace of Faya Singh, the oldest marathon runner in the world, who ran the marathon distance at the age of over 100 years.

3. Youngest college graduate

Unfortunately, all young prodigies are characterized by rapid burnout caused by enormous amounts of work and complete denial of their own youth. One of these prodigies is Adragon-De Mello, who graduated from the University of California at Santa Cruz in 1988 at the age of 11. He was the youngest college graduate in history to receive a bachelor's degree in computational mathematics.

15 years later, instead of changing the world in a secret laboratory, De Mello was working at The Home Depot, a chain that sold home improvement supplies. His record was eventually broken by a boy named Michael Kearney, who graduated from college at age ten and received two master's degrees before he came of age. Kearney later participated in the show "Gold Rush", in which he won a million dollars.

4. The youngest conqueror of Everest

IN last years Climbing Everest is becoming an increasingly commercial enterprise: after Edmund Hilary and Tenzing Norgay climbed the peak of Everest in 1953, thousands of people managed to repeat the same achievement.

However, the climb still remains incredibly dangerous: about 10% of climbers die on the slopes of the mountain trying to conquer it. Considering the amount of experience it requires, as well as the cost of equipment (sometimes several thousand dollars for equipment), it is not surprising that most climbers are middle-aged.

One of the youngest conquerors of Everest was TV presenter Bear Grylls, who accomplished his feat in 1998 at the age of 23. But that achievement pales in comparison to Jordan Romero of Big Bear, California, who climbed Everest in May 2010. Jordan was just 13 years old when he summited Everest. the highest mountain in the world.

After Everest, he also conquered Kilimanjaro, Elbrus, Aconcagua, McKinley, Puncak Jaya and the Vinson Massif in Antarctica - all of which he managed to do before he was 15 years old. He is currently working on his autobiographical book entitled The Boy Who Climbed Everest: The Jordan Romero Story.

5. Youngest person on the Billboard chart There is no shortage of young musicians, but not all of them make it onto the charts until they are old enough and popular. That all changed in early 2012 when Blue Ivy Carter, daughter of megastars Jay-Z and Beyoncé, made a cameo appearance on her father's song "Glory" the day after she was born.

The song tells the story of a father's love for his child. It even contains the words: “The best thing I have created is you.” As you might expect, Blue Ivy's contribution to the video was minimal, but millions of Jay-Z fans cried. This was enough to secure a spot on the chart and earn him the status of being the youngest person ever to appear on Billboard. Together with her father’s name, the girl’s name was for some time in 74th place among the hundred most popular hits.

6. Youngest drill instructor

Donnie Dunagan was a child actor, starring in 1939's Son of Frankenstein and Tower of London. True, his most famous role was voicing Bambi in the Walt Disney cartoon of the same name. This became his last film role - soon after this his parents divorced, and he had to work and seek refuge in a boarding house. At age 18, he joined the Marine Corps and became the youngest drill instructor in the world.

Dunnagan's military career took him to Vietnam, where he was wounded. He was eventually promoted to major before retiring in 1977. Throughout his time in the Marine Corps, Donnie kept his film work a secret - it became known only in June 2005. Now 79 years old, Donnie says he has learned to appreciate his fame.

7. The youngest suicide

Of course, the youngest suicide is a tragic record. It was six-year-old Samantha Kiberski from Oregon, who hanged herself on December 2, 2009.

The first-grader was sent to her room after an argument with her mother as punishment, where the girl wrapped a belt around her neck and secured it to the bed. After her seemingly lifeless body was discovered, she was taken to hospital where she later died.

Police believe it was an accident, but government medical experts ruled it a suicide, leading to debate about whether children that age can even understand the consequences of making such a decision.

8. Youngest billionaire Most of us at least sometimes dream of fabulous riches, castles and Ferraris. Unfortunately, the reality is much harsher: few of us become millionaires, much less billionaires. Most millionaires got their wealth through a series of smart financial decisions or simple luck. However, with the advent of the Internet, the number of very young rich people has increased. The most obvious candidate for the title of the youngest billionaire in the world at first glance is Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook - he became a billionaire at the age of 23 in 2007 . However, Zuckerberg had to give part of his fortune to his college roommate Dustin Moskovitz, who came up with the name social network. Despite the fact that Dustin has not been with the company for a long time, his share as owner is 6%. And yes - he is exactly eight days younger than Zuckerberg.

Most of us imagine our grandmothers as old ladies who dye their hair, bake cookies and send us 1000 rubles for our birthdays. However, several women became grandmothers before they even reached the age of 20.

The youngest grandmother in the world is considered to be a girl named Mama Tzu, who worked in a brothel in the town of Kalambar, Nigeria. Mama Tzu was eight years old at the time of her daughter’s birth, and her daughter gave birth to her child at the age of eight and a half, so Mama Tzu became a grandmother at 17 years old - at this age, many girls from developed countries do not even have time to lose their virginity.

However, this story took place in the 19th century, and there is no documentary evidence. A more official contender for the title of youngest grandmother is Romanian Rifka Stanescu, although she only became a grandmother at the age of 23. Stanescu's grandson, two-year-old Ion, is already engaged to his eight-year-old neighbor.

10. The youngest American veteran of World War II

Most 12-year-old boys are interested in games and maybe a little girls, but Calvin Graham has a completely different personality. Graham enlisted with the US Navy after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. At the age of 12 he took part in the battle in Pacific Ocean- During the Battle of Guadalcanal, he acted like a hero and received multiple shrapnel wounds.

It must be said that for the time being the army knew nothing about his age. After he was awarded the Bronze Star and Purple Heart, his mother told the command that her son was, in fact, a minor. Instead of being sent home, the Navy command placed the young man under house arrest in his own cabin for three months - for lying.

His childhood decision to serve haunted him for the rest of his life. Graham was stripped of his awards and spent years fighting for medical benefits. He eventually joined the Marines when he turned 17, but was forced to resign after being wounded in his back.

Over the years, various presidents have petitioned for it, including Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton. Graham never received his Purple Heart back while he was alive - he was given the award back only after his death, 50 years after receiving it.