Mountain and Rock Climbing

The first person was, Heinrich Harrer

The most famous explorer to reach the summit of Mount Everest would be Sir Ranulph Fiennes from England UK. He stood on the summit on the 21st May 2009 age 65.

On the North side (Tibet) of Everest there are the following camps:

Base Camp: 17,000ft -ABC: 21,300ft - Camp 1: 23,000ft - Camp 2: 24,750ft - Camp 3: 25,600ft - Camp 4: 27,400ft

On the South side (Nepal) of Everest there are the following camps:

Base Camp: 17,400ft - Camp 1: 19,600ft - Camp 2: 20,700ft - Camp 3: 23,000ft - Camp 4: 26,100ft

A S Cheema was the first Indian to reach the summit of Everest on the 20th May 1965.

Some think Tenzing Norgay was, but by birth he was Nepalese, who later took a Honorary Indian Citizenship.

Tom Moores, A 19 year-old Britain who lost three toes to frostbite during a successful ascent of 8501 metre Lhotse has set his sights on becoming the youngest climber to summit K2 according to theBBC (which is under the impression the mountain is called 'Lhosi').

There are camps on Mount Everest to allow the climber to sleep at. It is near impossable to climb Everest in one go. It can take weeks for the climber to get use to the thin air before making there attempt on the summit.

Edmund Hillary was from New Zealand and Tenzing Norgay was from Nepal.

Because of the harsh conditions and the fact that practically everything is frozen, it is no surprise that very few plants are designed to survive and thrive in such conditions. However, one plant that has been found on Mount Everest is the Allium Hybrid.

John Hunt's team reached the summit of Everest on 29 May 1953.

A mountaineer is someone who climbs mountains for sport. Also, an alpinist is someone who climbs the Alps or other high mountains.

Mathias Zurbriggen was the first recorded person to reach the summit, on January 14, 1897.

The first attempts to reach the summit of mount Aconcagua, Argentina, were made by German explorer Paul Güssfeldt, who in 1882 marked a route up to 6560 meters but had to descend in the middle of a storm.

In December 1896, a European team was led by English mountaineer Edward FitzGerald and Swiss climber Matthias Zurbriggen as chief guide. After FitzGerald could climb no higher, it was Zurbriggen who reached the summit of Mount Aconcagua (6962 meters above sea level).

After regrouping below, two other members of the expedition, Stuart Vines and Nicola Lanti, also reached the summit on February 13, 1897.

it is very cold about -70 degrees i mean everyone knows that well almost everyone

Yes, a significant number of people have successfully reached the summit of Vinson. It is one of the "seven summits" (the highest mountain on each of the seven continents); more than 75 people have climbed all seven during their lives.

I don't know if anyone has prepared an international list. For any one country you'd have to trawl through its cave-rescue reports.

Among fully-trained cave-divers, ie cavers who have learnt diving to extend their caving skills to further exploration, it's quite low.

However there have also been fatalities among open-water divers who have tried to penetrate caves such as the BlueHoles, butlacked the knowledge and skills to cope with the conditions, particularlyregarding air-supply control, navigation and loss of visibility from stirred-up silt.

The two normal routes to climb Mount Everest are the South Col - South East Ridge from Nepal and the North Col - North East Ridge from Tibet. There are many more routes but these tend not to be used today.

the hardest climb now is jumbo love.

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The mountains stood silently, glaring down at us with pure disdain.

The Tibetan name for Mount Everest is Chomolungma, it means goddess mother of the world.

Mt. Everest is named after Sir George Everest. He was a British military engineer who served as a surveyor general of India from 1829 to 1843. During this time he surveyed the peak, and became the first person to record the location and height of the mountain, which at that time was called Peak XV. Andrew Waugh, Everest's successor as the British Surveyor General of India, decided that Peak XV should be named after George Everest. George Everest was opposed to the idea, claiming to the Royal Geographical Society in 1857 that Everest could not be written in Hindi nor pronounced by 'the native of India'. Waugh's proposed name prevailed despite his objections, and in 1865, the Royal Geographical Society officially adopted Mount Everest as the name for the highest mountain in the world. Most people in Nepal call Mt. Everest, Sagarmtha, meaning forehead in the sky. Speakers of the Tibetan language call Mt. Everest Chomolungma. The translation is "goddess, mother of the world."

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Spikes or "crampons" are only fitted to the shoes and used when mountaineers climb so high that they encounter ICE on the ground on the mountain. The spikes dig into the ice and stop the mountaineers feet slipping.

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On the 25th April 2015, an earthquake measuring 7.8 M triggered an avalanche that hit Mount Everest Base Camp. 18 bodies were recovered from Mount Everest by the Indian army mountaineering team. The avalanche began on Pumori, moved through the Khumbu Icefall on the southwest side of Mount Everest, and slammed into the South Base Camp

Mount Everest climbers in the 1950Õs wore aviator style-goggles with darkened lenses, baggy and cotton-blend outer clothing with several inner layers, boots with insulation, and steel crampons. They also brought along external frame aluminum packs with canvas tents, nylon-shell sleeping bags, bulky radio communication sets, notebooks and pens, rangefinder cameras, steel ice axes, and tinned food.

On 16 May 1998, Bear Grylls achieved his childhood dream climbed to the summit of Mount Everest, 18 months after breaking three vertebrae in a parachuting accident. At 23, he was at the time among the youngest people to have achieved this feat. This is the only time he has been on the mountain.

The Himalayas. It's the 2nd highest mountain in the world.