Mount Everest

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Mount Everest
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Contents

1. What is Mount Everest?
2. Where is Mount Everest?
3. How
4. was it formed?
5. does it stack up?
6. do you get to the top?
7. Interesting Facts
8. Key Dates
9. Survival
10. on Mount Everest
11. of Mount Everest

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What is Mount Everest ?
This is the summit of Mt Everest

• Mount Everest is the tallest mountain in the
  world, it reaches up to 8848m. (There have been
  arguments about the height).
• Or is it? Hawaii's Mauna Kea, though, rises
  33,476 feet (10,203 meters) from the depths of
  the Pacific Ocean floor. Measuring from base to
  peak, Mauna Kea is the tallest mountain on earth.
  Not easy to climb from base to top!
• The first people to climb to the top of Mount
  Everest were Sir Edmund Hillary from New Zealand
  and Tenzing Norgay from Nepal. Hillary and Norgay
  reached the peak on 29th of May 1953. Hillary had
  had many attempts to climb Everest. His attempts
  were made in 1951 and 1952. In 1953 he had
  reached the summit and the queen knighted him for
  his achievement and that is were he got his title
  sir.

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Where is Mount Everest ?
Mt Everest

• Mount Everest is found in the Himalayas in Asia,
  Everest is found in between Nepal and Tibet. The
  Himalayas include nearly 100 of the worlds
  tallest peaks, is the worlds largest chain of
  mountains and it contains the worlds largest
  land peaks. In Sanskrit Himalayas means Him -
  snow alaya - home.

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How was Mount Everest formed ?

• 60 million years ago when the continent Laurasia
  broke up in to lots of parts, India moved north
  toward Asia then crashed. The seabed between the
  two plates was crumbled and pushed up to create
  the mountains of the Himalayas around the
  northern rim of India. These plates are still
  moving around 2.5 inches every year which forces
  the height of the mountains to increase.

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How does Mount Everest stack up?
Continent Mountain Country and/or location Height Height
Continent Mountain Country and/or location Feet Meters
Asia Mt. Everest Tibet-Nepal 29,035 8,850
South America Mt. Aconcagua Argentina 22,834 6,960
North America Mt. McKinley (Denali) United States, Alaska 20,320 6,194
Africa Mt. Kilimanjaro Tanzania 19,340 5,995
Europe Elbrus Russia/Georgia 18,510 5,642
Antarctica Vinson Massif Ellsworth Mts. 16,066 4,897
Australia1 Kosciusko Australia 7,310 2,228
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How Do you Get to the Top

• Its easy you follow the map!

North Face - Messner Variant When Reinhold
Messner made the first solo ascent in 1980, he
climbed about halfway up the North Ridge, then
traversed to the right to the Great Couloir
South West Face Central Couloir From the Western
Cwm, the route climbs the huge Y-shaped couloir,
taking the left fork through the rockband
North Ridge/North East Ridge This Climbing
route is shorter than the South Col route but
above the north Cole the route becomes
increasingly rocky and aggressive with severe
winds.
South Col/South East Ridge This is the most
popular way up to the summit (it is also called
the "yak" route) but should never be
underestimated
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Did You Know?

• In Nepal Mt Everest is called Sagawartha which
  means land of eternal snows and in Tibet it is
  called Chomolungma.
• Mt Everest and some of its neighbours are so tall
  that they rise above cloud level for most of the
  year.
• Mt Everest was named after Sir George Everest.
  Everest worked as a British surveyor.
• The Sides of Everest are The North Face, The
  South West Face, The East (Kangshung) Face

Sir George Everest
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Dates of Interest

• Heights Recorded
• 1852 First Height Recorded 29.002ft 8.839m
• 1955 Revised Height 29.028ft 8.848m
• 1999 Revised Height 29.035ft 8.850m
• 2005 Revised Height 29.017ft 2inches 8.844.43m
• Interesting Climbs and Climbers
• 1841 Sir George Everest a surveyor records the
  location of Mount Everest calling it Peak XV
• 1859 Peak XV renamed Mount Everest to honour Sir
  George Everest
• 1953 On the 29th May Edmund Hillary and Tenzing
  Norgay become the first people to stand on the
  summit of Mount Everest
• 1975 On the 16th May Junko Tabei from Japan
  became the first woman to reach the summit of
  Mount Everest
• 1978 Reinhold Messner and Peter Habeler were the
  first to climb Mount Everest without any
  Artificial Oxygen on the 8th May
• 1986 Tenzing Norgay aged 72 passed away on the
  9th May
• 1995 Alison Hargreaves was the first British
  woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest Solo
  and without any Artificial Oxygen but later the
  same year died while descending from the summit
  of K2
• 1996 Jamling Norgay son of Tenzing reached the
  summit of Mount Everest on the 23rd May
• 1998 Tom Whittaker from USA became the first
  disabled (has an artifical leg) person to reach
  the summit of Mount Everest on the 27th May
• 2001 Temba Tsheri Sherpa became the youngest
  person to stand on the summit of Mount Everest at
  the age of 15
• 2004 21st May saw Pemba Dorje Sherpa make a
  speed record of 8 hours and 10 minutes from base
  camp to summit of Mount Everest  
• 2006 Ming Kipa Sherpais the youngest girl at the
  age of 15 to reach the summit of Everest on the
  24th May

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Survival on Mount Everest

• Bad Weather
• If you were climbing on Everest the weather can
  quickly get very bad and a blizzard can occur.
  Sometimes you cant see and you might take a
  wrong turn and walk straight off a cliff. Because
  of this, when a blizzard sets in, climbers
  usually make a cave to wait till the weather
  calms down.
• Cold
• When you get cold youre body slows down and it
  is hard to think. Climbers usually wear lots of
  thick layers to protect themselves from the cold.
• Altitude
• As you climb higher there is not enough oxygen
  to breath. To ensure this doesnt happen climbers
  carry oxygen bottles.
• Climbing on snow and ice
• Snow and ice is hard to climb on because it is
  slippery. Climbers take crampons which are shoes
  with metal teeth. They also carry Ice Axes to
  help them climb higher.

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Survival of Mount Everest

• The large number of trekkers and climbers who
  visit Nepal and the Everest region contribute to
  the local economy but also cause serious
  environmental impact.
• Although some climbing gear is recycled by local
  residents, it is estimated that more than 50 tons
  of plastic, glass, and metal were dumped between
  1953 and the mid-1990s in what has been called
  "the world's highest junkyard."
• Efforts have been made to reduce the negative
  environmental impact on Mount Everest. The
  Nepalese government has been using a portion of
  climbing fees to clean up the area. In 1976, with
  aid from Sir Edmund Hillary's Himalayan Trust and
  the Nepalese government, the Sagarmatha National
  Park was established to preserve the remaining
  soil and forest around Mount Everest.