Mount Everest

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.

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

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.

Sherpas are the native people who live within range of Mount Everest. On the mountain they have lots of roles:

Cook- providing the meals

Porter - carry equipment to higher camps

Guide - helping you reach the summit

The group of people who live around Mount Everest is called Sherpa's

The address of the Mount Zion Public Library District is: 115 West Main Street, Mount Zion, 62549 1534

Back in the 1920's Mount Everest was climbed for the adventure. It was classed as the thrid pole, both the South and North pole had been reached and Everest was the last unknown adventure.

On the 21st May 2004 saw Pemba Dorje Sherpa make a speed record of 8 hours and 10 minutes from base camp to summit of Mount Everest
On the 25th May 2006 Austrian climber Christian Stangl made a speed ascent from the North side of Everest taking 16 hours 42 minutes from Base Camp to summit. He then took just 6 hours from the summit back to Base Camp on the same day.

There were 8 people who died on Mount Everest during the terrible storm on the 10/11th May 1996:

Andrew Harris
Doug Hansen
Rob Hall
Yasuko Namba
Scott Fischer
Subedar Tsewang Samanla
Lance Naik Dorje Morup
Tsewang Paljor

Nepal officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked country located in South Asia. With an area of 147,181 square kilometres (56,827 sq mi) and a population of approximately 27 million, Nepal is the world's 93rd largest country by land mass and the 41st most populous country. It is located in the Himalayas and bordered to the north by the People's Republic of China, and to the south, east, and west by the Republic of India.

musk deer

wild yak

red panda (face actually looks like that of a fox)

snow leopard

tahrs (looks like a type of goat)

deer

langur monkeys

hares

mountain foxes

martens (like a cross between a fox and possum)

Himalayan wolves

Himalayan black bears.

The oxygen gets thinner with the altitude. Therefore, the animals that are found here are adapted to living on less oxygen as well as a cold temperature. They have thick coats to retain body heat.

Some of them have shortened limbs to prevent loss of body heat. The Himalayan bears go into hibernation in caves during the winter when there is no food available.

Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay were the first to reach the summit on the 29th May 1953.

Until 1852, Kangchenjunga was assumed to be the highest mountain in the world, but calculations based on various readings and measurements made by the Great Trigonometric Survey of India in 1849 came to the conclusion that Mount Everest, known as Peak XV at the time, was the highest

There are no houses on Mount Everest, only camps during the climbing season that are tents.

No he was not. Reinhold Messner was the first person to climb Mount Everest without artifical oxygen in 1978.

After reaching the summit of Mount Everest with Edmund Hillary in 1953 Tenzing did not climb the mountain again.

Mount Everest can be found in the Himalayas.

Every year the mountain grows taller by 4mm as a result of the upward thrust generated by two opposing tectonic plates.

Edmund Hillary has been on Mount Everest twice.
In 1951, Edmund Hillary was part of the British Reconnaissance Expedition on Mount Everest led by Eric Shipton.
In 1953, Edmund Hillary was part of the successful British attempt of 1953.

The highest mountain in the world, Mount Everest can be located on the border of Nepal and Tibet in the Himalayan mountains. It can be found at these coordinates 27°59′17″N 86°55′31″E 27°59′17″N 86°55′31″E

Mt Elbrus is on the Russian side of the Caucasus mountain range and is the tallest mountain in Europe.

the amount of snow on mt Everest is remarkable and it is quite obvious that there can be tons of loose snow so if there are all together and start to fall it can cause an avalanche or multiple avalanches.

lenght is 8850 meter