Assuming there wasn't a 26 year old British flag left behing by Mallory and Irvine, there were no flags on the summit of Everest intill 1953, when it was first climbed. Once again that is unless the ill fated Mallory/Irvine attemp trully did reach the summit in 1924.
20 people came to climb mount Everest
There are probably not that many flags on the summit of Mount Everest due to the high winds blowing them away. When a climber reaches the summit he or she usually leaves the flag of their nation.
Mount Everest has a height of 885,000cm
There are no shops on Mount Everest. On the way to Mount Everest you will pass through many villages where you can buy things.
Mount Everest stands at 8.848m high
Mount Everest is 8848 mtrs above the sea level.
At the end of 2012 approx five thousand have climbed Mount Everest.
Nobody goes to Mount Everest for a holiday. Mount Everest is a serious and deadly climb.
How many people attempt to climb Mount Everest every year?
Yes, Mount Everest can be seen from the moon. There are also many photographs of Mount Everest taken from space if you search on Google Images for them.
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The distance from Vermont to the base of Mount Everest is 7,255 miles.