Mount Everest

Mount Everest, the highest mountain in the world is in the Northern Hemisphere.

Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the world.

The Himalayan mountains is a chain of mountains where Mount Everest is.

There has been around 200 people die on Mount Everest while trying to reach or return from the summit. The most famous two are George Mallory and Andrew Irvine.

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.

Climbing through the icefall can be an extremely dangerous adventure. The icefall is continually moving, sometimes as much as two to three feet in an hour, and it open ups many crevasses without any warning, some that are exposed to the climber while others are hidden. Other dangers are from the huge blocks of ice that can range from the size of a car to a large house, when these start to move, large pieces can break off and tumble down through the icefall creating a maze of smaller pieces for the climber to navigate through.

The entire route through the Khumbu Icefall requires the climber to attach themselves to a fixed line for safety and also to stop the climber from wondering off from the route that has been marked out. There are many deep dark crevasses that will need crossing by the means of aluminum ladders. Sometimes, there are two or even three ladders lashed together which makes it very shaky to cross. Ladders are also used to climb up and over large ice boulders that cannot be walked around.

George Mallory.
Doug Scott became the first Briton to reach the summit of Mount Everest on the 24th September 1975.

it is difficult to make tea on mount Everest because as we go higher the pressure is reduced and so the boiling point of water is decreased to 70 degrees so it is difficult to make tea on mount Everest

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Mount Everest (known then as Peak B) was discovered and measured by Andrew Waugh, the British Surveyor General of India in 1847.

At the summit of Mount Everest there is approximately 33% of the oxygen that is available at sea level.

Today you dont get much publicity for climbing Mount Everest unless:

1. You climbed by a new route

2. You are the youngest climber

3. You are the oldest climber

4. You have some kind of disability

North (Tibet) side camps: Base Camp: 17,000ft --- ABC: 21,300ft --- Camp 1: 23,000ft --- Camp 2: 24,750ft --- Camp 3: 25,600ft --- Camp 4: 27,400ft

South (Nepal) side camps: Base Camp: 17,400ft --- Camp 1: 19,600ft --- Camp 2: 20,700ft --- Camp 3: 23,000ft --- Camp 4: 26,100ft

1. Experienced limbers no longer use oxygen tanks as a matter of course.

2. It is possible to manage without oxygen, even on top of Everest, if you aren't doing anything but standing around. It is very hard to exert yourself, however, without an adequate supply of oxygen.

3. The higher you get, the "thinner" the air and the less oxygen. Taking in oxygen is the basic purpose of breathing in the first place.

4, There are now devices and techniques which can help climbers breathe without the need for "bottled" oxygen. For example, anyone planning to climb Everest these days is likely to spend several weeks at altitude beforehand, to give their body time to adapt (like producing extra red blood cells which can then absorb oxygen).

probably plenty but it looks a challenge

Around 5,000 have survived climbing on Mount Everest. They reached the summit and got back down alive.

As of March 21, 2010, it is 29,035ft (8,850m).

People can earn a living on Mount Everest by becoming a guide, guiding climbers to the summit and back. Sherpas earn money by guiding, carrying equipment up the mountain, breaking trail, building camps, cooking etc.

Here is a list of the main clothing and equipment that Edmund Hillary and the other members of the British Mount Everest Expedition used in 1953. They would also be required to bring personal things with them too.

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

I personally would love to climb on Mount Everest although I have no climbing experience! I would be more than happy to just stand and look at the highest mountain in the world.

7 weeks

Yes it was. 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.

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, then you must wait for the right weather window to allow you to climb to the summit and back safely.

The deadliest years on Mount Everest so far are:

1922 - 7 Porters died in an avalanche

1996 - 8 climbers perished in a storm

2014 - 16 Nepalese guides died in an avalanche

Eating while on Mount Everest is very important. Here is a list of the sort of foods that are eaten on the mountain.
Main Food eaten at Base Camp and Camp 1 would include:
Local Fresh Vegetables, Pasta, Salads, Rice, Spaghetti Bolognaise, Omelette, Potato dishes, Eggs on Toast, Rice Pudding, Bacon, Pizza, Chips, Lasagne, Porridge, Muesli, Dal bhat (steamed rice and lentil soup), Cheese, Olives, Gherkins, Pate, Crackers.
Snacks for higher up the mountain:
Cadbury Fudge Bars, Fizzy Cola Bottles, Tangfastics, Tunnocks Bars, Liquorice Wands, Chilli and other types of Peanuts, Pork Scratching, Crisp, Mocha Sachets, Chocolate.

There are many tourist-related treks and tours in the Himalayan region, particularly in Nepal. Everest Base Camp - the staging area for summit attempts up Mount Everest - is a popular place to visit for trekking holidays, and often is where treks culminate. The Everest Base Camp trek is the classic route - it follows the route that Edmund Hillary took as he approached Everest for his famous Everest ascent. Although a certain level of fitness is required, this is the best way for regular tourists to visit Mount Everest.

Every climber that has been on Mount Everest and back to Base Camp can say they survived while on Everest.