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Mount Everest is the world's tallest mountain at 29,028 feet above sea level. It was formed 60 million years ago in the Himalayan mountain range, which separates Nepal and Tibet. The first recorded ascent to the summit was by Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay in 1953, though many had attempted it before, with George Mallory disappearing in 1924. Over 2,000 people have climbed Mount Everest since 1921, but over 200 have died trying due to dangers like avalanches and high altitude sickness.

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Mount Everest is the world's tallest mountain at 29,028 feet above sea level. It was formed 60 million years ago in the Himalayan mountain range, which separates Nepal and Tibet. The first recorded ascent to the summit was by Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay in 1953, though many had attempted it before, with George Mallory disappearing in 1924. Over 2,000 people have climbed Mount Everest since 1921, but over 200 have died trying due to dangers like avalanches and high altitude sickness.

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MOUNT EVEREST

At an elevation of 29,028 feet (8848 meters) above sea level, Mount Everest is the
world’s tallest mountain. Mount Everest is relatively young, having been formed only 60
million years ago, and it is still growing a few millimeters every year! Mount Everest is
in the mountain range called the Himalayas. The summit ridge of Mount Everest
separates Nepal and Tibet. Each place has a special name for this giant mountain. The
Nepalese name is Sagarmatha, which means “goddess of the sky”. The Tibetan name is
Chomolungma, which means “mother goddess of the universe”. In English, Mount
Everest is named after Sir George Everest, the first person to record the height and
location of the mountain.

A climb to the summit was attempted by George Mallory in 1922, who famously gave
his reason for wanting to climb Everest as “because it’s there.” He attempted to reach
the summit again in the company of Andrew Irvine in 1924, but on this trip both
climbers disappeared. The first successful ascent (and descent) of Mount Everest was
accomplished by Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay on May 29th, 1953. The first
ascent by a woman was on May 16th, 1975, by Junko Tabei from Japan.

Between 1921 and 2007, over two thousand people have climbed Mount Everest, some
more than once. Since the first ascent in 1953, more than 600 climbers from 20
different countries have reached the summit. However, over two hundred climbers
have died attempting to climb Mount Everest, most commonly from avalanches, but also
from falls in crevasses, cold, or high-altitude sicknesses.

Taken from Mount Everest Bijles Zaanstad. Visible body:


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