17 Amazing Facts About Mount Everest

[Fitness-Fanatic]

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

"Green Boots"is the name given to a body of a climber that died on the mountain .His body became a landmark on the main Northeast ridge route of Everest.(the climber was wearing green mountain boots,hence the name "green boots" )Green Boots is located not far from Everest’s summit.It serves as a trail marker for climbers to ensure they turn to the right to reach the summit ( i didn't post an image of this ,as it is too explicit )

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

Reaching The Summit

[Bananaman177]

How come nobody tries climbing the Hawaiian islands from the bottom of the ocean up? They could "climb" the first 90% of the way in scuba gear, then simply take it off on the beach and climb to the summit of the island and say they climbed a taller mountain than Everest.

I think the Hawaiian summit is over a thousand feet higher than Everest and yet you'd only actually have to climb 13,000 feet once you passed sea level.

[Kenni]

I like the way you think

[JudgmentDay]

I have to give a big round of applause to all of those that attempted to climb this mountain and accept such a big challenge. I wonder if almost all climbers climb up their as a group and a team these days? Sure seemed like it. Imagine trying to do all of that by yourself alone, now that would be most dangerous and most difficult, though I'm sure at least 1 or 2 climbers had done it completely solo before, unless I'm wrong?

[DeeDeeDeVour]

I don't think I'll ever be fit & prepared enough to try this behemoth. I'm afraid of adding myself to the body count.

[DeeDeeDeVour]

@Fitness-Fanatic: Thank you for the MHGirl selection. :)

[ENTP_EMO]

Excuse me miss did you drop something at the summit?
Or was it just my jaw

Girl are we at 26000 ft?
Because you're making me breathless

Are you mount Everest?
Because I want to get on top of you and pee

[Logorithim]

Well done- Everest is truly a wonder, and those who climb it have truly accomplished something Incredible.

[drdidier2]

It's a place where the Earth gradually touches space. And you need almost a space suit to survive there.

[Goldenskies6]

Huh 😶
Now, I learned something today. 🏔😯
Thanks for MyTake🙂

[zagor]

I like being able to breathe so I shall pass. I've been up a 19,000 foot peak and that was hard enough. I'd been thinking of trying Aconcagua (22,000+ ft) but it looks like that will not happen.

[ZELLxoxo]

Interesting take.
It's a really pretty mountain :D

[Zorax]

Excellent Take, Mount Everest is very beautiful, and dangerous, but K2 is even deadlier mountain.

[Nik1hil]

That's pretty Close to my part of the world!.

Risky as hell but the stuff is worth it..

[backdoorman]

This was a really cool take. Thanks for sharing all this info.

[Deathraider]

18. Mount Everest is not the further east point from the center of the Earth.

[Montana07]

Very nice. I think people are freaking crazy that want to do stuff like that

[julyakamoz]

I'm interested in rock climbing
but I don't think hiking on Everest :)

[LuWe22]

The deaths still lay around because nobody can retrive them

[Salmon4056]

This is a good mytake

[Wowgirl10q]

Dude that movie was scary

[Reggieray]

... but not as scary as climbing a mountain and seeing frozen dead people off the side of the trail.

Turn right.

[stf75013]

OK, thank you for this informations.

[Decentguy]

This is really a awesome take

[Muhammad1999]

Would love to climb there

[Abhinav_Singh]

Thanks for sharing this information.

[Secretgardenblood]

Good take.