Mount Everest
About Mount Everest
Mount Everest is Earth's highest mountain above sea level. It lies in the Mahalangur Himal sub-range of the Himalayas and marks part of the China–Nepal border at its summit. Its height was most recently measured in 2020 by Chinese and Nepali authorities as 8,848.86 m.
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Sir Edmund Hillary was the first person to climb Mount Everest, but fellow New Zealander Mark Inglis was the first to climb it as a double amputee.
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More facts about Mount Everest
The four highest mountains on Earth, Everest, K2, Kanchenjunga and Lhotse, were first scaled in 1953, 1954, 1955 and 1956 respectively.
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Frozen poo boulders roll down Everest when the ice melts and often end up in drinking sources, so climbers are now given special bags to poo into and carry back down.
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There is a race that starts at Everest base camp at 17,500 feet, won in 2013 by Ang Dami Sherpa, a Sherpa lady who was 44.
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When Edmund Hillary climbed Mount Everest, has anyone checked that he didn't actually climb a mountain called Mount Everest in New Zealand?
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It's amazing that Edmund Hillary ever made it to the top of Everest without his Coke and his Mentos.
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Coordinates: 27.9881, 86.9253