About the roof of the world..........Mt. Everest, Nepal

Basic facts about Mt. Everest

Definition of Mount Everest		a mountain in the central Himalayas on the border of Tibet and Nepal; the highest mountain peak in the world.
Nepali Name	:	Sagarmatha (which means Goddess of the sky)
Tibetan Name		Chomolungma (which means mother Goddess of the Universe)
Height	:	8848 meters or 29,029 ft
Location	:	On the border between Nepal and Tibet, where all of the worlds 14 Eight thousand meter peaks are found.
Longitude		86º55'40' E
Latitude		latitude 270 45’ N and 280 0’ N and longitude 800 30’ E and 870 0’ E in the Solukhumbhu District of Sagarmatha Zone of the kingdom of Nepal
Local People	:	Sherpas and Tibetan
Summit Record Holders:
Longest Stay on top	:	Babu Chiri Sherpa, who stayed at the summit for twenty one and half hours.
First Climbers	:	Tenzing Norgay from Nepal and  Sir Edmund Percival Hillary from New Zealand, on 5/29/1953 via the South-East Ridge Route
First Nepali Women to Climb	:	Pasang Llamu Sherpa, on April 22nd, 1993
One of the best climbers	:	Nepali, Apa Sherpa, climbed Everest 11 times.
Fastest Ascent		Babu Chhiri Sherpa on June 21 2000, ascent from south side Hans Kammerlander May 24,1996, ascent from north side
Youngest Climber	:	Nepali, Temba Tsheri Age 15 on May 22, 2001
First Women Climber	:	In 1975 - The first woman to summit Everest was Junko Tabei, a Japanese, who reached the summit via the South-East Ridge route.
Oldest Person to Climb	:	A Nepali, age 76, Mr. Min Bahadur Sherchan of Nepal Second Rupper Up: was a 71 Year Old Japanese Katsusuke Yanagisawa, a teacher by profession.
Oldest Women to Climb	:	Anna Czerwinska May 22, 2000
Largest Group to reach the summit	:	50 people on May 2002
First Couple to ever get married on the summit	:	Nepalese Mona Mulepati and Pem Dorje Sherpa on May 30th 2005
Number of Mount Everest Climbers So Far	:	About 1,500 men and women from 64 nations

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