Mount Everest

    

MOUNT EVEREST 

• Everest is part of the Himalaya mountain range along the border of Nepal and Tibet. It is located 27° 59' North latitude, 86° 55' East longitude. 

• The official altitude of the world's highest peak is 29,029 feet (8,848m). However, the National Geographic Society has determined the height to be 6 feet taller, 29,035 feet, but the Nepali government has not yet been made this new altitude official.

• In 1841, Sir George Everest, Surveyor General of India from 1830 to 1843, first recorded the location of Everest. It was subsequently named "Peak XV". In 1865, it was renamed Mt. Everest to honour Sir George.

• Everest is also called  Chomolungma in Tibet and Sagarmatha in Nepal.

• At the summit, the temperature can be 100°F below zero. But on a good summit day, a climber can expect around -15°F

• On May 29, 1953, Tenzing Norgay Sherpa of Nepal & Edmund Percival Hillary of New Zealand climbed to the summit of Everest via the South-east Ridge Route

• The first woman to climb Everest was Junko Tabei of Japan. She climbed via the Southeast Ridge on 16 May, 1975.

• Ravichandran  reached the peak of the world's tallest mountain (8,848.15 meters) at 2.15pm { Malaysian time 4.15pm} through Tibet. he is the first Malaysian to climb Mount Everest solo and also the first climber from Asean country to scale it from the side which faces Tibet.   

    

Done by : Sereena Sangkar Bahadur