Twenty-seven people scaled Mount Everest on 14 and 15 May, a sign that the tourism industry is rebounding following slow times during the political unrest earlier this year. Americans, Swedes, Tibetans, Britons, Nepalis, Australians, New Zealanders and a 70-year-old Japanese summitted the world's highest peak, according to Mountain Experience Pvt Ltd. The Japanese climber became the world's oldest person to make the ascent. Other records set in the two days include a sixth ascent by a woman (Lakpa Sherpa), and the first double amputee to reach the summit (New Zealand's Mark Inglis).