1) Mount Everest consists of a base camp and camps 1 to 4
2) Everest is located in the Mahalangur section of the Himalayas, Asia. The summit is between Tibet and Nepal.
3) Everest is reported to be 29,029 ft above sea level.Although ,some scientists believe it is now 29,035 ft
4) Everest supposedly grows about a half-inch taller each year ,because the mountain is pushed upward due to continental plates pushing against each other
5) Everest was originally named "Peak XV".But it was renamed "Mount Everest " by Andrew Scott Waugh in honor of Sir George Everest- a British surveyor & geographer who served as surveyor in India.However, in Tibet, Everest is called Chomolungma ,but the Nepalese, call the mountain Sagarmatha
Sir George Everest
6) On May 29, 1953 , Sir Edmund Hillary from New Zealand , and a Sherpa, Tenzing Norgay, from Nepal were the first to summit Everest
7) In 1975 Junko Tabei from Japan ,was the first woman to summit Everest
8.) The first climbers to summit Everest without supplemental bottled oxygen were Italian mountaineer Reinhold Messner with Austrian mountaineer Peter Habeler
9) Over 290 people have died climbing Mount Everest.And more than 200 bodies are still on Everest .They lie on the Mountain frozen in time.The photo below is a memorial of dead climbers
10) The deadliest parts of Everest is the Khumbu Icefall and the Death Zone
Khumbu Icefall
The Death zone
The death zone is the high altitude area of Everest where there is not enough available oxygen for humans to breathe. This is usually above 8,000 meters , because this is where the air becomes thinner
11) The descend is more deadly than the ascend
12) The climate change is unpredictable .Air temperature can drop as low as -60°
13) Most climbers have to start using bottled oxygen at 26,000 feet.At Everest's highest point, climbers are breathing in a third of the amount of oxygen they would normally breathe due to the atmospheric pressure,so bottled oxygen is needed in order to survive
14) Some Of The Dangers On Everest
Avalanches
Falling rocks or ice
Falling climbers
Falling off of the mountain
Crevasse falls
Extreme Blizzards
Hurricanes up to 175 mph that can last for 4 day
High altitude Pulmonary Edema (fluid accumulation in the lungs)
High Altitude Cerebral Edema ( brain swells with fluid )
Mountain Sickness,which can be deadly (dizziness, nausea, headaches, and shortness of breath)
Hypothermia
Frostbite
Snow Blindness.
15) Green Boots Trail
16) Everest expeditions last about two months.Climbers have to go through an acclimatization period,to adjust their body to a change in altitude, temperature and humidity.Their body needs to acclimatize to the thin air
17) There's over 18 routes to the summit.But most climbers use either the South Col route or the North col route.
North Col Route
South Col Route
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