Mount Everest

Mount Everest is part of the a mountain chain in Asia known as the Himalayan Mountain Range where most of the mountains are over 7200 meters. It Runs along the border of Nepal and Tibet.

Now in 2009, well over 3000 people have conquered* Everest. It's rather sad really, as many inexperienced people are just paying to be guided to the top instead of getting there from their own skills.

*no one actually 'conqueres' Mount Everest. If anything, Mount Everest conqueres the people

Here is a list of the main clothing and equipment that Edmund Hillary used while climbing on Mount Everest in 1953.

Clothing

Mountaineering Suit

Mid-Layer

Base Layers

Hat

Face/Neck Gaiter

Eyewear

Boots

Equipment

Tent

Sleeping Bag

Ice Axe

Crampons

Backpack

Oxygen System

Trip Journal

Camera

Two-Way Communication

1953 was the year when Edmund Hillary and his climbing partner Tenzing Norgay reached the summit of Mount Everest on the 29th May. They were both members of a British expedition.

Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Norgay Tenzing first climbed Mt Everest in May 1953. There are many people who climbed the Himalayas before them, but the duo reached the summit first.

Himalaya was the highest mountain in the world. Also Mt Everest was the biggest mountain in the world.

Mt Everest was named after Sir George Everest. But Sir George Everest died.

SO THIS IS interesting.

No, it would be impossible to land any type of jet on Mount Everest and very dangerous to even try.

The height of Mount Everest is 8,848 metres or 29,029 feet. I am not sure if the diameter has been recorded.

No, Mount Everest is the highest mountain.

Mount Everest is 29,029ft high

K2 is 28,251ft high

You can see the summit of Mount Everest from the ground on the North (Tibet) side but not the South (Nepal) side.

The most well known Mt Everest is nowhere near Washington State.

Although Mauna Kea has a lower elevation than Mt. Everest (because it's base is below sea level), if you were to compare Mauna Kea and Mt. Everest in their height (from base to crest), Mauna Kea is taller than Mt. Everest.

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The official Nepalese name for Mount Everest is Sagarmatha which means 'Mother of the Universe'

The official Tibetan name for Mount Everest is Qomolangma or Chomolungma which means 'Goddess Mother of the World'

To reach the summit of Mount Everest can take anywhere between 4 to 8 weeks. You have to allow time for your body to acclimatize to the high altitude by climbing high then descending low, then you must wait for the right weather window to allow you to climb to the summit and back safely.

Yuichiro Miura became the first person to ski on Mount Everest on May 6, 1970. He descended nearly 4,200 vertical feet from the South Col (elevation over 8,000 m (26,000 ft)). This feat was documented in 1975, in the film The Man Who Skied Down Everest. The film won the Academy Award for best documentary, the first sports film to do so.

You cant just go to Mount Everest and start climbing it. You have to allow your body to get use to the altitude, this is done by climbing up to a certain height then descend back down to Base Camp. You do this a few times then if you are ok you go for the summit.

Up to the end of 2016 there had been 118 climbers from Canada who had reached the summit of Mount Everest, 18 of these were woman.

It took two months to plan and several days of climbing as well as time spent in base camp to acclimate to the elevation.

Junko Tabei climbed Mount Everest in 1975.

Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay took the following flags to the summit of Mount Everest in 1953:

United Nations

Nepal

India

The numbers vary, as with all things. 210 people have died climbing the mountain since 1922 (the first expedition to the mountain), a mean of 2.3864 deaths per year. Some years have seen no deaths occur, mostly in the early decades of Mt. Everest climbings, and some have seen disaster years of up to 15 people (in 1996; 8 were killed from the same expedition).
At least 210 people have died climbing Mount Everest since it was first climbed in 1953. The number per year varies widely, but averaging the 210 deaths over the 56 years from 1953 to 2009 would give an answer of 3.75 per year. Some years were disastrous; in 1996, 15 people died trying to come down from the summit, 8 on the same day. The bodies of perhaps 150 of those unfortunate climbers remain on the mountain where they died.

Standing at 29.028ft or 8.848m high Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the world.

The deepest point in any ocean is the Mariana Trench (aka Challenger Deep) in the western Pacific Ocean at 11,033 metres deep. Mt Everest is 8,848 metres.

Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the world standing at 8,848m high. No one can jump that high!