| Age of Everest |
: Everest was formed about 60 million years ago |
| Elevation |
: 29,035 (8850m)-found to be 6' hogher in 1999 |
| Name in Nepal |
: Sagarmatha (means: goddess of the sky |
| In Tibet |
: Chomolungma (means:mother goddess of the sky |
| Named After |
: Sir George Everest in 1865, The British surveyor-general of India. Once known as Peal 15 |
| Location |
: Latitude 27o 59' N
Longitude 8656' E
Its summit ridge seperates Nepal and Tibet |
| First ascent |
: May 29, 1953 by Sir Edmund Hillary, NZ and Tenzing Norgay, NP, via the South Col Route |
| First solo ascent |
: August 20, 1980, Reinhold Messner, IT, via the NE Ridge to North Face |
| First winter ascent |
: February 17, 1980, L.Cichy and K.Wielicki, POL |
| First ascent by an Ameraican |
: May 1, 1963, James Whittaker, via the South-Col.
Mt. Everest rises a few milimeters each year due to geological forces |
| Everest Name |
: Sir George Everest was the first person to record the height and location of Mt. Everest, This is where Mt. Everest got its name from |
| First ascent by a woman |
: May 16, 1975, Junko Tabei, JAP, via South-Col |
| First ascent by an American woman |
: Sep. 29, 1988, Stacey Allison, Portland, OR via the South-East |
| First Oxygenless ascent |
: May 8, 1978, Reignhold Messener, IT, and Peter Harbeler, AUT, via the South-East Ridge |
| Fastest ascent from south |
: Babu Chhiri Sherpa 34, NP-16 hours and 56 minutes (5-21-2000) |
| Fastest ascent from north |
: Hans Kamerlander (IT) May 24, 1996, 16 hours 45 minutes from the base camp |
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| Youngest Person |
: Temba Tsheri (NP) 15 on May 22, 2001 |
| Oldest person |
: Sherman Bull May 25, 2001- 64 years |
| First legally blind person |
: Erik Weihenmeyer May 25,2001 |
| Most ascents |
: Eleven, Appa Sherpa |
| Best & worst years on Everest |
: 1993, 129 summitted and eight died (a ration of 16:1); in 1996, 98 summitted and 15 died ( a ratio of 6:1) |
| Highest cause of death |
: Avalanches about a (2:1) ration over falls |
| Country with most deaths on mountain |
: Nepal-46 |
| Most dangereous area on mountain |
: Khumbu Ice Falls-19 deaths |
| First ski descent |
: Davo Karnicar (Slovenia) JUly 10. 2000 |
| Corpses remaining on Everest |
: About 120 |
| Longest stay on top |
: Babu Chiri Sherpa stayed at summit full 21 hours and a half |
| Largest team |
: In 1975, China tackled Everest with a 410 member team |
| Fastest desent |
: In 1998, Jean-Marc Boivin of France descended from the top in just 11 minutes, paragliding |
| Only climber to climb all 4 sides of Everest |
: Kushang Sherpa, ow an instructor with Himalayan Moutaineering Institute |
| First person to hike from sea level to summit, no oxygen |
: May 11, 1990, Tim Macartney Snape, Australian |
| Largest Number to reach the top in one day |
: 40, on May 10, 1993 |
| First person to summit Everest twice |
: Nawang Gombu-Nepal (once with Whitaker in '63 and again in '65. Gombu now works for the Himalayan mountaineering institute. |
| The Oldest woman to summit |
: Anna Czerwinska May 22, 2000 |
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