{"id":50,"date":"2007-12-30T10:38:09","date_gmt":"2007-12-30T10:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.itravelabout.com\/mount-everest\/"},"modified":"2007-12-30T10:38:09","modified_gmt":"2007-12-30T10:38:09","slug":"mount-everest","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.itravelabout.com\/mount-everest\/","title":{"rendered":"Mount Everest"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mount Everest<\/strong>,
\npart of the Himalaya<\/strong> range in Nepal<\/a>, is the world’s highest
\nmountain<\/strong>
\n at 29,035ft or 8850m. 
\nNepal has 10 of the worlds highest 14 peaks.<\/p>\n

The Himalaya range formed 60 million years ago when the
\nIndo-Australian tectonic plate collided with
\nthe Eurasian continent.  As the former was pushed under Eurasia, the Earth’s
\ncrust buckled and folded and the Himalayas were born.<\/p>\n

Seeing Mount Everest<\/h2>\n

As a tourist the best place to see Mount Everest is from
\nthe small town of Nagarkot<\/a>
\n , 32km from Kathmandu.  This town has amazing
\nviews of the Himalaya range, but Mount Everest is barely more than a dot on
\nthe Horizon.<\/p>\n

To see Mount Everest more closely you need to trek to
\nEverest Base Camp,<\/strong> but there is no actual view at the base camp, so stopping
\nbefore the actual camp is the best view. In fact the Everest Base Camp
\nTrek is surprisingly light on views as the trek goes across valleys rather than
\ndown them.  The base camp is at 5545m and takes 10 days to reach from
\nJiri, or 7 days if you fly to Lukla first.  And of course you
\nneed to walk or fly back again.<\/p>\n

Climbing Mount Everest<\/h2>\n

Climbing Mount Everest has been the draw of many people
\nover the years.  It is not trekking, it is mountaineering and requires
\nconsiderable training.<\/p>\n

During the 1920s and 1930s, reaching the top of Mt
\nEverest came to dominate the Western imagination.  Political constraints
\n added to the already difficult physical problems of an ascent.
\nNepal was total isolated, so attempts had to be made from the
\nTibetan side.<\/p>\n

British assaults were made during the 1920s, with the
\n1924 expedition fell just 300m short of the top.  This expedition
\nused at least 350 porters.  Such levels of support staff continued until
\nrecent years.<\/p>\n

In 1999 the body of British climber George Mallory,
\nfrozen near the summit, was a new chapter in one of the enduring mysteries of
\nmountaineering history.  In 1924, Mallory, and his climbing partner, Andrew Irvine,
\ndisappeared within sight of the top.  No one knows if they reached
\nthe summit.<\/p>\n

In 1951 New Zealander Edmund Hillary took part in an
\nexploratory expedition to Everest.  In 1952 Sherpa climber Norgay Tenzing
\nreached 7500m.  The conquest of Everest finally took place in 1953 when the British team led by
\nJohn Hunt put those two climbers, Tenzing and Hillary, atop the world’s
\nhighest peak.<\/p>\n

Mount Everest facts<\/h2>\n

Informative facts include:<\/p>\n

    \n
  • The Sanskrit word Himalaya means adobe (alaya) of the
    \n snows (himal). <\/p>\n
  • Mount Everest’s real name is its Tibetan name,
    \n Chomolangma, which translates as ‘Goddess Mother of the Universe’.  The
    \n Nepali name is Sagmartha, which is Sanskrit for ‘Brow of the Ocean’.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Impressive facts include:<\/p>\n

      \n
    • The first ascent without oxygen was in 1978\n
    • The first summit with an artificial leg was is 1998\n
    • The first ski descent was in 2000\n
    • The first blind ascent was in 2001\n
    • The youngest person to climb Everest was 16\n
    • The oldest person was 64\n
    • The fastest ascent took 8 hours\n
    • Sherpa Babu Chiru spent an amazing 21 hours on the top
      \n of Everest without oxygen in 1999<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      Silly facts include:<\/p>\n

        \n
      • Maurice Wilson planned to crash his Gipsy Moth plane
        \n halfway up the mountain and then climb to the top, with no experience of
        \n mountaineering or flying.  He eventually froze to death at Camp III
        \n dressed in a light sweater. <\/p>\n
      • A team of Brits trekked all the way to Everest Base
        \n Camp to play the “world’s highest game of rugby” at 5140m, which they lost. <\/p>\n
      • A pair of Brits carried an ironing board up Everest to
        \n 5440m to do some extreme ironing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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