Here are some fun facts we have compiled about Mount Everest!
- Elevation: 29,035 Ft.
- Mount Everest is also known as “Chomolangma” by the native people of the mountain.
- Mount Everest is located in Nepal/Tibet in the continent of Asia!
- Mount Everest is extremely cold, so cold in fact that the temperature never gets above freezing! That’s 32 degrees Fahrenheit!
- Many mountain climbers have tried to climb Mount Everest, and many have made it! Although many of the climbers died there is a high ratio of 9% of climbers on mount everest do not make it to the bottom.
- Most of the deceased bodies can still be seen as there is no viable way to bring a corpse down without endangering the team or climber.
Mount everest was first climbed in May 29, 1953 by Sir Edmund Hillary since then there have been many advances in technology, oxygen tanks, and gps phones for constant communication. The death rate has dropped significantly since technology has been evolving to help climbers with their ascent.