What do you know about Mount Everest?

Question

What do you know about Mount Everest?

Answer 1

that Everest has about 120 corpses left

Answer 2

Known as sagarmatta locally in Nepal where it is situated , the Mt. Everest is the highest mountain in the world having the height of 8848m above sea level.

Answer 3

Everest is divided into several parts. after traversing the khumbu glacier you reach base camp. Between you and camp I is the khumbu icefall, which has many tall seracs and deep crevasses. You would then climb through the western cwm to camp II. From here you will climb the lhotse face, which is a very steep, slippery, icy slope about a half mile long to camp III, which is located below the top. From camp III, you will climb the yellow band, which is a large slab of limestone, and the geneva spur. After the geneva spur you will arrive at the south Col, which is camp IV.

From  the south col, you will start on your way to the summit. You will climb the southeast ridge to a place called the balcony, then more until you reach the south summit. Then you will traverse the knife-edge ridge between you and the summit. About half way between the south summit and the true summit you will come on the hillary step, which requires a lot of climbing skills, and is one of the most famous parts of the climb. It was named after sir edmund hillary. After ascending this 40 vertical foot notch, you will continue along the ridge, the kangshung face directly to your right. Then you will arrive at the summit. WOOT! anyways, i should've mentioned this earlier: you can't just hike right up. this is the pattern you will take:

bc (base camp) to camp I

camp I to bc

bc to camp II

camp II to bc

bc to camp III

camp III to bc

bc to camp IV

camp IV to summit

summit to bc

For more info, read "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakeaur. It's an amazing book.

Answer 4

It is the highest mountain in the world  (29035 ft) and part of the Himalayan Mountains separatng Nepal and Tibet, located between China and India.  It was named for Sir George Everest (who pronounced it Eve-rest), though we have known it as Ev-er-est.

The first to successfully climb Everest and reach the Summit was Sir Edmund Hillary in 1953 with a Tibetan, Tenzing Norgay .  It has long been considered the ultimate accomplishment by climbers to reach the summit of Mt. Everest.  It was recently announced that access to Mt Everest was going to be limited during the 2008 season by China  Nepal, and Tibet, due to the upcoming Olympics.  That's about all the facts I already know, but here is a list of facts from a site about Everest.

Age of Everest:  Everest was formed about 60 million years ago  

Elevation:  29,035 (8850m)-found to be 6' higher in 1999

Name in Nepal:  Sagarmatha (means: goddess of the sky)

In Tibet:  Chomolungma: (means: mother goddess of the universe)

Named after:  Sir George Everest in 1865 ,the British surveyor-general of India. Once known as Peak 15  

Location:  Latitude 27° 59' N.....Longitude 86° 56' E It's summit ridge seperates Nepal and Tibet

First Ascent:  May 29,1953 by Sir Edmund Hillary, NZ and Tenzing Norgay, NP, via the South Col Route

First Solo Ascent:  Aug. 20,1980, Reinhold Messner, IT, via the NE Ridge to North Face

First winter Ascent:  Feb. 17,1980 -L.Cichy and K. Wielicki, POL

First Ascent by an American:  May 1,1963, James Whittaker, via the South-Col

Mt. Everest rises a few milimeters each year due to geological forces  

Everest Name:  Sir George Everest was the first person to record the height and location of Mt. Everest, this is where Mt."Everest" got its name from(In american language)  

First Ascent by a Woman:  May 16,1975, Junko Tabei, j*p, via the South-Col  

First Ascent by an American Woman:  Sep.29,1988, Stacey Allison, Portland, OR via the South-East Ridge

First Oxygenless Ascent:  May 8, 1978- Reinhold Messner, IT, and Peter Habeler, AUT, via the South-East Ridge

First woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest from both north & south sides:  Cathy O'Dowd (S.A.) South May 25,1996/North '99  

Fastest Ascent from South:  Babu Chhiri Sherpa 34, NP-16 hours and 56 minutes (5-21-2000)

Fastest Ascent (north side):  Hans Kammerlander (IT) May,24,1996, via the standard North Col Ridge Route, 16 hours 45 minutes from base camp

Youngest person:  Temba Tsheri (NP) 15 on May,22,2001

Oldest Person:  Sherman Bull May,25,2001 -64 yrs  

First Legally Blind Person:  Erik Weihenmeyer May,25,2001  

Most Ascents:  Eleven, 24th May 2000 Appa Sherpa became the first person to climb Everest 11 times-Ten, Ang Rita Sherpa, Babu Chiri Sherpa all ascents were oxygen-less.  

Best and Worst Years on Everest:

1993, 129 summitted and eight died (a ratio of 16:1); in 1996, 98 summitted and 15 died (a ratio of 6½:1)  

Highest cause cause of death:

Avalanches-about a (2:1) ratio over falls

Country with most deaths on mountain:  Nepal-46  

Most dangerous area on mountain:  Khumbu Ice Fall-19 deaths

First ski descent:  Davo Karnicar (Slovenia) 10-7-2000

Last year without ascent:  1974

Last year without ascent:  1977

Corpses remaining on Everest:  about 120

Longest stay on top:

Babu Chiri Sherpa stayed at the summit full 21 hours and a half

Largest team:

In 1975, China tackled Everest with a 410-member team.

Fastest descent:

In 1988, Jean-Marc Boivin of France descended from the top in just 11 minutes, paragliding.

Only climber to climb all 4 sides of Everest:

Kushang Sherpa, now an instructor with Himlayan Mountaineering Institute

First person to hike from sea level to summit, no oxygen.:

11th May 1990,Tim Macartney-Snape, Australian  

Largest number to reach the top in one day:

40, on May 10, 1993  

First person to summit Everest twice:

Nawang Gombu-Nepal(once with Whitaker in '63,and again two years later in '65)Gombu now works for the Himalayan mountaineering institute  

The oldest woman to summit

Anna Czerwinska May 22, 2000.

Answer 5

MT.EVEREST is located b/w NEPAL & TIBET.

Answer 6

It is there !