First person to climb Everest from sea level

The first person to climb entirely under his own steam from sea level to the highest point on Earth was Tim Macartney-Snape (Australia), who departed from the Bay of Bengal on 5 February 1990 and trekked all the way from Ganga Sagar on the Indian coast to the top of Everest, reaching its highest peak three months later, on 11 May 1990. Tim climbed via the Normal Route, alone without the assistance of sherpas, fellow climbers or bottled oxygen.

Although Macartney-Snape climbed Everest itself on his own, he was joined on this long walk through India and Nepal by Dr. Ann Ward, Pip Macartney-Snape, Mike Dillon and Charles Norwood, who drove the Land Rover that carried the group’s equipment and, later, by Dick and Pip Smith.