South Side
Wang Jing, a 41 year old Chinese mountaineer, reached the summit of Everest from the Nepal (south) side on Friday, May 23, 2014. On May 10 she and her team flew by helicopter to camp 2 to avoid the dangers in the icefall. The flight was authorized by the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation. However, it’s not known if the ministry will recognize her climb as an official summit.She was one of two climbers and a handful of Sherpa climbing the south side.
North Side
Bill Burke, a 72 year old climber from Costa Mesa, California, reached the summit of Mt. Everest from the Tibet (north) side on Saturday, May 24, 2014. He set a new record for the oldest American to climb Everest. He held the previous record for oldest American at age 67 when he summited Everest from the Nepal side in 2009.He is also the only person to climb all seven summits after the age of 60.
