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Facts About Mount Everest
1 – Mount Everest is the tallest mountain in the world. The summit of Mount Everest is 29,029 feet (8,848 meters) above sea level.
2 – There are many dangers on Mount Everest – avalanches can happen at any time and there are also high winds which make it difficult for climbers to move up or down.
Climbers need special equipment like crampons, ropes, ice axes, helmets, harnesses and oxygen tanks so that they can be safe while climbing up the mountain.
Climbing a mountain takes a lot of energy; food supplies need to be packed in advance because it’s not possible to get anything from base camp when you’re climbing up higher than 20 miles away from it
3 – There are more than 100 dead bodies scattered around the mountain that never made it back to base camp.
4 – The first person to climb Mt Everest was Edmund Hillary from New Zealand and Tenzing Norgay from Nepal in 1953.
5 – At least 150 people have died trying to climb Mount Everest because they underestimated its difficulty level and/or were unprepared for extreme conditions on the mountain.
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6 – More than 4,000 people have climbed Mt Everest since Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay first did it on May 29th 1953.
7 – Climbing the mountain can cost up to $30,000 per person. It’s possible to climb Mount Everest in a single day though it usually takes about two weeks to climb up and down from base camp to peak camp.
8 – Most climbers use bottled oxygen to ascend and descend from Base Camp to Camp IV at 6200m (~20,700 ft).
However, it is possible to climb without using supplemental oxygen for most people who are reasonably fit and have some climbing experience.
9 – There are many dangers when climbing Mount Everest including avalanches and rockfalls which can be deadly.
10 – It is located on the border of Nepal and Tibet.
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11 – In 1999, an avalanche killed eight climbers and four sherpas near Camp II on the North Face.
12 – The mountain has a total of five peaks.
13 – There are four main routes up the mountain – Northeast Ridge, Southeast Ridge, North Col Route, and Northwest Face.
14 – The summit is covered with snow and ice year-round because it never melts.
15 – Climbers often use bottled oxygen tanks as well as other equipment like crampons, ropes, ice axes, and tents for protection against storms.
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16 – The youngest person to ever summit was 13 years old – Jordan Romero – from USA while the oldest person Yuichiro was 80 years old from Japan.
17 – Climbing this mountain takes a lot of physical conditioning and mental strength because it’s so high up in elevation.
You need to have many different types of gear for Mount Everest like an ice axe, crampons, ropes and other items that will help you climb up safely with ease.
18 – There are three routes to climb Mt Everest – North Col Route (Khumbu Ice Fall), South Col Route (Nepal-side) and Northeast Ridge Route (Tibetan side)
19 – Nearly 3/4 of those who have successfully climbed Mt Everest did so from the south col route; about 1/3 from the north col route and less than 1% via northeast ridge route
20 – Mount Everest is over 60 million years old.
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21 – Mount Everest actually keeps on growing – by about a quarter of an inch every day.
22 – On Mount Everest the temperature can each -80F and the wind can blow over 200 miles per hour.
23 – Because the top of Mount Everest is engulfed by a jet stream for most of the year, climbing is impossible during this time of the year.
Climbers need to wait until the winds die down in May and then again in September for a Summit Window where it is safe enough to climb and reach the summit.
24 – Around 800 people try to climb Mount Everest each year.
25 – In 1865 Mount Everest was named after Sir George Everest.
