No, you dont really need a compass on Mount Everest, nearly all the route is marked out with flags and rope.
There are two types of flags that can be found on the summit of Mount Everest. Those of the country where a climber has come from and prayer flags that are left for the mountain gods.
There were multiple flags. Tenzing Norgay stuck an ice axe on the peak of Mt. Everest and this axe had 4 flags- The UN, the UK, India and Nepal.
Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay took the following flags to the summit of Mount Everest in 1953: United Nations Nepal India They left them there to prove to others that they reached the summit.
Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay took the following flags to the summit of Mount Everest in 1953: United Nations Nepal India
Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay took the following flags to the summit of Mount Everest in 1953: United Nations Nepal India
Nepal UK India un (china)
Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay took the following flags to the summit of Mount Everest in 1953: United Nations Nepal India
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.
On the summit of Mount Everest you will find, apart from other climbers, lots of prayer flags, flags from different countries and gifts. These are all left by the climbers, the flags are to show what country they are from and the gifts are to thank the gods of the mountains for allowing the climber to reach the highest summit in the world.
On the summit of Mount Everest you would find things like flags left by climbers, gifts for the gods, photographs of loved ones.
The four flags (United Nations, British, Nepal and India) were put on the summit of Everest on the 29th May 1953 by Hillary and Tenzing to mark the first ascent and to show the country's that had helped them reach the summit.