Why can't you spell? wrote:
Ontogeny wrote:
Tensing got plenty of credit for the summit, especially from Hillary. If you don't know that you know nothing of Everest history.
The Sherpa speed records are for the South Col route, dimwit.
You do not even know how to spell his name.
His name is spelled Tenzing.
Why is Killian Jornet the record holder?
Fastest ascent from Everest South Base Camp
with supplemental oxygen 8 hours and 10 minutes Pemba Dorje Nepal May 21, 2004
Fastest ascent from Everest South Base Camp
without supplemental oxygen 20 hours and 24 minutes Aman Kumar Sinha India October 17, 2008
Fastest ascent without supplemental oxygen
and fastest ascent from Everest North Base Camp 16 hours and 45 minutes Hans Kammerlander Italy May 24, 1996
Longest stay on the summit 21 hours Babu Chiri Sherpa Nepal May 6, 1999
Not to be a nitpicker; but it can be spelled with "s" or "z" depending on translation and region of Nepal/Tibet. It is most often seen with a Z; but it can also be used interchangably.