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Around the World Dear Kids, now you have landed on Mount Everest. This section is sure to help you to know more about the important places around the world. Mount Everest
Edmund Hillary along with Sherpa Tenzing Norway was the first to reach the summit of Mount Everest on 29th May, 1953. They reached at 11:30 a.m. and although they attributed the success to the whole group, Tenzing later admitted it was Edmund Hillary who first set his foot on the summit! Mount Everest is a part of the Himalayan range and is located between the Sagarmatha Zone, Tibet, Nepal and China. Mount Everest is known by several other names as well! In Tibet, Mount Everest is known as Chomolungma or Qomolangma. The Chinese translated this as Shngmǔ Fēng, a name that is rarely used. Locals in Darjeeling named it as Deodungha, which means Holy Mountain. There are two important routes to climb Mount Everest. One such route is from the southeast ridge from Nepal and the other is the northeast ridge from Tibet. The first people who climbed Mount Everest without the use of supplemental oxygen via the southeast ridge were Reinhold Messner and Peter Habeler. They achieved this feat on 8 May 1978. No matter what the consequences, not many are deterred from the task of climbing the very famed Mount Everest. These interesting facts only give a glimpse of the hardships faced by the people who have dared to go beyond the ordinary. |
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Mount Everest remains to be the highest mountain on Earth as is measured by its height from the summit, which is above sea level. (8,848 metres)
