Celebrations are being held around the world to mark the 60th anniversary of the first known successful ascent to the 
summit of Mount Everest, the world’s highest peak, by Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay on 29th May 1953.
Since this first successful climb, more than 4,500 people have reached the top of Mount Everest.
Dr Rob Casserley, a trekking and mountain guide, has summited Everest 7 times and is the first ever Western climber to have achieved this feat, including double summits in 2007 and 2010.
Northbourne Park School invited Dr Rob Casserley to share some of his stories with the children.
Dr Casserley, MBBS MRCS is a former surgeon and now general practitioner with a specialist interest in altitude and expedition medicine. He is co-founder of trek8848.
He has featured in Everest ER, a 5 part BBC1 documentary series about medicine and climbing on Mount Everest, and assisted Sir Ranulph Fiennes as doctor, guide and cameraman in the 2008 expedition.
Some of the other summits that Dr Casserley has climbed over the years are Cho Oyu – 6th highest mountain the world (twice), Manasalu – 8th highest mountain in the world, Denali (twice) and Ama Dablam.
Dr Casserley has completed over 10 marathons and several half marathons, he competed in the 2009/2010 
Woodvale Atlantic Row where he rowed for 73 days and 2900 miles before having to get off the boat to fly to Nepal to guide a group of trekkers on Mount Everest in the spring.
He speaks English, French and workable Spanish, and is a motivational speaker addressing audiences at the Royal Geographic Society, (London), Stryker annual general sales meeting, (Birmingham), and Expedition Medicine courses (Chamonis, Fance); Toubkal (Morocco), Auckland (New Zealand).
