List of Canadians Who’ve Climbed Mount Everest
The mountain is closed in spring 2020 due to the coronavirus
Nearly 130 Canadians have climbed Mount Everest since 1982. The world’s highest mountain is closed to expeditions in spring 2020 due to the coronavirus.
While we won’t get to look forward to any summits this season, we can look back at the many Canadians who’ve reached the top. The first was Laurie Skreslet in 1982, followed by Pat Morrow a few days later. The next summits didn’t come until 1986 during the Everest Light Expedition led by Jim Elzinga. It saw Sharon Wood and Dwayne Congdon reach the top, Wood as the first North American woman, via a new route.
In total, nearly 5,000 people have climbed Everest since 1953. Below is a list of all recorded Canadian ascents until May 2019.
Canadians on Everest
| Canadian | Date |
| Laurie Skreslet | 05-Oct-82 |
| Patrick (Pat) Morrow | 07-Oct-82 |
| Dwayne Congdon | 20-May-86 |
| Sharon Wood | 20-May-86 |
| Daniel George (Dan) Culver | 04-Oct-90 |
| Yves Laforest | 15-May-91 |
| Michael Sutton | 10-May-93 |
| Andrew (Andy) Evans | 22-May-97 |
| Jamie Clarke | 23-May-97 |
| Alan Hobson | 23-May-97 |
| Bernard Voyer | 05-May-99 |
| David Rodney | 13-May-99 |
| Benajmin M. (Ben) Webster | 17-May-00 |
| Byron Raymond Smith (disputed) | 21-May-00 |
| Michael Down | 26-May-00 |
| James Todd Sampson | 23-May-01 |
| Grant Douglas (Doug) MacLaren | 23-May-01 |
| Deryl Kelly | 24-May-01 |
| Francois Langlois | 24-May-01 |
| Jason Rodi | 16-May-02 |
| Bruno Rodi | 30-May-03 |
| Rauno (Ron) Hoglin | 15-May-04 |
| Martin Boileau | 16-May-04 |
| Mario Dutil | 16-May-04 |
| Maxime Jean | 16-May-04 |
| Claude St. Hilaire | 16-May-04 |
| Jeffery John Dossett | 24-May-04 |
| Donald Holton (Holt) Hunter | 24-May-04 |
| Jocelyn Dufour | 21-May-05 |
| Shaunna Marie Burke | 30-May-05 |
| Gabriel Filippi | 30-May-05 |
| Urszula Elzbieta Tokarska | 02-Jun-05 |
| Jean-Francois Carrey | 18-May-06 |
| Andries Nolte Botha | 18-May-06 |
| Robert Charles Follows | 24-May-06 |
| Leonard Douglas (Len) Stanmore | 24-May-06 |
| Daniel George Griffith | 24-May-06 |
| Bryce Kendall Brown | 18-Oct-06 |
| Serge Dessureault | 15-May-07 |
| Maurice Beausejour | 15-May-07 |
| Manuel A. (Manny) Pizarro | 16-May-07 |
| Adolphus Gordon (Al) Hancock | 19-May-07 |
| Gligor Delev | 20-May-07 |
| Meagan Kirsten McGrath | 21-May-07 |
| Werner J. Berger | 22-May-07 |
| William M. Hanlon | 22-May-07 |
| John Patrick (Pat) Hickey | 24-May-07 |
| Dominique (Dom) Gilbert | 21-May-08 |
| Angus A. Murray | 21-May-08 |
| Richard (Ryszard) Kurdziel | 21-May-08 |
| Scott G. Kress | 21-May-08 |
| Sylvie Frechette | 21-May-08 |
| Timothy Leonard (Tim) Rippel | 21-May-08 |
| Adam Janikowski | 22-May-08 |
| Francois-Guy Thivierge | 22-May-08 |
| Sebastien Audy | 22-May-08 |
| Jaroslaw C. Hawrylewicz | 23-May-08 |
| Dean H. Smith | 23-May-08 |
| Christian A. Otto | 23-May-08 |
| Eric C. Otto | 23-May-08 |
| Andrew J. Brash | 23-May-08 |
| Hedd-Wyn Lloyd Williams | 24-May-08 |
| Brian Jones | 25-May-08 |
| John Furneaux | 25-May-08 |
| Sebastien Sasseville | 25-May-08 |
| Adam D. Mallory | 26-May-08 |
| Alan A. Mallory | 26-May-08 |
| Daniel W. Mallory | 26-May-08 |
| Laura C. R. Mallory | 27-May-08 |
| Todd Lavigne | 20-May-09 |
| Patrick Rajnaraine Singh | 21-May-09 |
| Christopher Lloyd Guest | 22-May-09 |
| Lucile Antoinette De Beaudrap | 07-May-10 |
| Wiktor Jan Mazur | 17-May-10 |
| Elia Saikaly | 22-May-10 |
| Allain Baldo | 22-May-10 |
| Theodore Fairhurst | 23-May-10 |
| Shawn Dawson | 23-May-10 |
| Laval St. Germain | 24-May-10 |
| Darrell Gordon Ainscough | 25-May-10 |
| Elizabeth Tertil | 25-May-10 |
| Marie Christine Dube | 13-May-11 |
| Kung-Gin Jesse Kao | 13-May-11 |
| Gregg Mellon | 20-May-11 |
| Veronique Denys | 20-May-11 |
| Christopher Stephen Szymiec | 26-May-11 |
| Philip Peter Bota | 26-May-11 |
| Samuel Clare Peter Wyatt | 19-May-12 |
| Steven Curtis Holfeld | 19-May-12 |
| Francois Houde | 19-May-12 |
| Catherine Dupasquier | 19-May-12 |
| Rehan (Ray) Dost | 19-May-12 |
| Catherine Neumann | 19-May-12 |
| Monique Richard | 19-May-12 |
| Nathalie Fortin | 19-May-12 |
| Jan Morava | 19-May-12 |
| Shriya Shah-Klorfine | 19-May-12 |
| John Andrew Stephen | 25-May-12 |
| Sandra Leduc | 26-May-12 |
| Steven Whittington | 17-May-13 |
| John Neal Lowry | 18-May-13 |
| Allan Arthur Johnson | 19-May-13 |
| Sean Paul Mooney | 19-May-13 |
| Horacio Daniel Galanti | 19-May-13 |
| Dean Christopher Carriere | 19-May-13 |
| Patrick Martin Lewis McKibbin | 19-May-13 |
| Ravil Chamgoulov | 25-May-14 |
| Grace Katherine McDonald | 20-May-16 |
| Trevor Martin Stuart | 21-May-16 |
| Alan Jacob Keller | 23-May-16 |
| Elizabeth Patricia Rose | 23-May-16 |
| Greg J. Barber | 25-May-17 |
| John Alan Oldring | 25-May-17 |
| Mikey Foreal | 14-May-18 |
| Illina Frankiv | 18-May-18 |
| Serge Massad | 18-May-18 |
| Pierre-Luc Tremblay | 18-May-18 |
| Mario Cantin | 22-May-18 |
| Jason (Jay) Patry | 22-May-18 |
| Neal Sharad Kushwaha | 23-May-18 |
| Michael Dermot Mulrooney | 16-May-19 |
| Dalip Singh Shekhawat | 16-May-19 |
| Clayton Vernon Matthews | 16-May-19 |
| Mark Ryan Ballard | 22-May-19 |
| George Vouloumanos | 23-May-19 |
| Christopher Dare | 23-May-19 |
NOTE: A climber who was missed on the list was Manuel A. (Manny) Pizarro who climbed it in May 2007 and May 2009.Â
Skreslet on His First Canadian Ascent
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