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Mount Everest
Mount Everest is the world's tallest mountain at 8,848 meters (29,029 ft). It is located in the Himalayas in Asia.
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What is difference in elevation between the dead sea and mount Everest?
Roughly 30,373ft (9257.6m).
The elevation of Mount Everest is 29,035ft [above sea level] and the Dead Sea's elevation is 1,388ft below sea level, making it the lowest place on Earth.
Who was the first one armed man to climb Mt. Everest?
Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay were the first climbers to reach the summit of Mount Everest in 1953 and they both came down safely.
What country does mount everist come from?
It is thought that the summit of Mount Everest started at the bottom of the ancient Tethys Sea, the motion of the Indian sub continental plate and the urasian continental plate colliding, about 30 - 50 million years ago, caused the mountain to rise up and become the highest mountain on the Earth.
What number of people have climbed mount Everest?
There is no answer to this question. People try to hike these high peaks every year, so the number goes up every year. It would be very difficult to tally up every ascent up every peak ascended since the first person hike a Himalayan mountain.
How many people have made it to the top of mount Everest to this date?
At a guess I would say between 3 - 4 thousand.
Were is Mount Everest located on the map?
The highest mountain in the world, Mount Everest is 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
What do mountaineers and their teams do at base camp?
Base Camp is where climbers can relax and get ready for the climb to the summit. They can read, play games, sleep, eat and drink, take a shower, watch movies, go for a walk or do nothing and just watch the day go by.
Did George Mallory climb Mount Everest first?
As of 2015 there has been no evidence to show that George Mallory reached the summit of Mount Everest in 1924. Some people believe he did while others say he didnt. Maybe one day more clues will be found on the mountain to help determine if he got there or not.
Mount Everest could fit the Mariana Trench with room to spare at the top?
yes. Mariana goes about 36,000 ft. under sea level. Everest is 29,000 ft.
What is the name for mount Everest for the people who live around it?
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'
Why is it important for mountaineers to stay at base camp so long?
So they can acclimatise to the weather
What is the average rainfall on Mount Everest?
It is impossible for it to rain on Mount Everest, it is too cold.
What is the tallest mountain and where is it?
K2 is the second highest mountain in Asia and the world. Its elevation is 8,611 m (28,251 ft).
K2 is on the north of Pakistan,
K2 is the second-highest mountain on Earth after Mount Everest. With a peak elevation of 8,611 metres (28,251 ft), K2 is part of the Karakoram Range, and is located on the border between the Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County of Xinjiang, China, and Gilgit, in Gilgit-Baltistan of Pakistan-administered Kashmir.
K2 is known as the Savage Mountain due to the difficulty of ascent and the 2nd highest fatality rate among the "eight thousanders" for those who climb it. For every four people who have reached the summit, one has died trying. Unlike Annapurna, the mountain with the highest fatality rate, K2 has never been climbed in winter.
It's called K2 and it's in the same general area as Mt Everest. It's usually held to be technically harder to climb than Everest, as it has more steep passages.
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K2 is the second highest 'separarte mountain' in the world. The second highest mountain peak is the south summit of Mount Everest, at 8750 metres, which beats K2 by almost 140m.
According to Columbia Encyclopedia, "K2" in Northern Kashmir, on the China-Pakistan border, is the second-highest mountain peak in the world -- at a height of 8,611 meters above sea level.
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K2 is the second-highest mountain in the world.
What year was it when they climbed mt Everest?
Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay were the first to reach the summit of Mount Everest, they did so on the 29th May 1953 at 11.30 in the morning.
What are names of people who have climbed Mount Everest?
Around 5,000 people from all over the world have reached the summit of Mount Everest to date and it would be impossible to name them all
Who was the first Indian woman to scale mount everst?
The first Indian woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest was Santosh Yadav on the 12th May 1992
How many people have climbed mount everest an came back down?
Don't Think there's any number for that. Has to be thousands. It doesn't really get dangerous and unhealthy until you're at about 5000 meters altitude or more. Hiking below that level is generally fine.
Why doesn't mount Everest get snow on the top?
Mount Everest, particularly the upper portion of it, is at a high elevation and therefore is very cold. It is never warm enough there to melt water, so any precipitation will fall in the form of snow.
In which direction would you travel to get from mount Everest to thenile river?
Basically, slightly south of west (the Nile River is a long target), so even West-South-West may do.
How high is Base Camp on Mount Everest?
Mount Everest has two Base Camps which are located at the bottom of the mountain. The camp on the South side (Nepal) is at a height of 17,400ft and the camp on the North side (Tibet) is at a height of 17,000ft.
Mount Everest is used for its resources such as water from its lakes and climbing for tourists
Who was the First Filipino on Mount Everest summit?
Dale Abenojar became the first Filipino to reach the summit of Everest on the 15th May 2006.
