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    Following are some of the  essential and  interesting facts and figures related to Mount/Mt Everest known as Roof of The World. It contains information about various expeditions on different time  and geographical facts and figures related to the Mount Everest.

    Age of Mt Everest
    Mt Everest was formed about 60 million years ago

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

    Name in Nepal
    Sagarmatha (goddess of the sky)

    In Tibet
    Chomolungma (mother goddess of the universe)

    Named after
    Sir George Everest, the British surveyor-general of India
    Location:
    Latitude 27° 59' N,.Longitude 86° 56' E

    First Ascent
    May 29, 1953 by Sir Edmund Hillary, NZ and Tenzing Norgay, NP

    First Solo Ascent
    Aug. 20, 1980, Reinhold Messner, IT

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

    First Ascent by a Woman
    May 16, 1975, Junko Tabei, JAPAN, via the South-Col

    Fastest Ascent
    Hans Kammerlander (ITALY) May, 24, 1996,16 hours 45 minutes from base camp

    Youngest person
    Temba Tsheri (NEPAL) 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 (NEPAL)
    Highest cause of death
    Avalanches-about a (2:1) ratio over falls

    Country with most deaths
    Nepal-46

    Most dangerous area
    Khumbu Ice Fall-19 deaths

    First ski-descent
    Davo Karnicar (Slovenia) 10-7-2000

    Corpses on Everest
    About 120

    Largest team
    In 1975, China, with a 410-member team

    Fastest descent
    In 1988, Jean-Marc Boivin of France descended from the top in just 11 minutes, paragliding

    Climber to climb all 4 sides
    Kushang Sherpa

    First person to hike from sea level 11th May 1990, Tim Snape, Australian

    See also

    Mount Everest History

    How to Climb Mount Everest

    Mount Everest Climbing Routes

     


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