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Everest mountain facts

Age of Everest:    Everest was formed about 60 million years ago.

Elevation:              29,035 (8850m)-found to be 6' higher in 1999.

Name in Nepal:   Sagarmatha (means: goddess of the sky).

In Tibet:                  Chomolungma: (means: mother goddess of the universe)

Named after:        Sir George Everest in 1865, the British surveyor-general of

India. Once known as Peak 15.

Location:                Latitude 27° 59' N.....Longitude 86° 56' E its summit ridge

Separates 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: Aug. 20, 1980, Reinhold Messner, IT, via the NE Ridge to

North Face.

First winter Ascent:

Feb. 17, 1980 -L.Cichy and K. Wielicki, POL

First Ascent by an American:

May 1, 1963, James Whittaker, via the South-Col

Mt. Everest raises a few millimeters 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(In american language).

First Ascent by a Woman:

May 16, 1975, Junko Tabei, JAP, via the South-Col.

First Ascent by an American Woman:

Sep.29, 1988, Stacey Allison, Portland, OR via the South-East

Ridge.

First Oxygenless Ascent:

May 8, 1978- Reinhold Messner, IT, and Peter Habeler, AUT,

via the South-East Ridge.

First woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest from both north & south sides:

Cathy O'Dowd (S.A.) South May 25,1996/North '99

Fastest Ascent from South:

Babu Chhiri Sherpa 34, NP-16 hours and 56 minutes (5-21-

2000)

Fastest Ascent (north side):

Hans Kammerlander (IT) May, 24, 1996, via the standard North Col Ridge Route, 16 hours 45 minutes from base camp

Youngest person:

Temba Tsheri (NP) 15 on May, 22, 2001

Oldest Person:

Sherman Bull May, 25, 2001 -64 yrs

First Legally Blind Person:

Erik Weihenmeyer May, 25, 2001

Most Ascents:      Eleven, 24th May 2000 Appa Sherpa became the first person to climb Everest 11 times-Ten, Ang Rita Sherpa, Babu Chiri Sherpa all ascents were oxygen-less.

Best and Worst Years on Everest:

1993, 129 summitted and eight died (a ratio of 16:1); in 1996, 98 summitted and 15 died (a ratio of 6½:1)

Highest cause cause of death:

Avalanches-about a (2:1) ratio over falls

Country with most deaths on mountain:

Nepal-46

Most dangerous area on mountain:

Khumbu Ice Fall-19 deaths

First ski descent:

Davo Karnicar (Slovenia) 10-7-2000

Last year without ascent:

1974

Last year without ascent:

1977

Corpses remaining on Everest:

About 120

Longest stay on top:

Babu Chiri Sherpa stayed at the summit full 21 hours and a half.

Largest team:      In 1975, China tackled Everest with a 410-member team.

Fastest descent: In 1988, 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, now an instructor with Himlayan Mountaineering Institute

First person to hike from sea level to summit, no oxygen:

11th May 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 two years later in '65)Gombu now works for the Himalayan mountaineering institute

The oldest woman to summit: 

                                   Anna Czerwinska May 22, 2000. 

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