1.Age of Everest:
Everest was formed about 60 million years ago.
2.Elevation:
29,035 (8850m)-found to be 6\\\\\\\' higher in 1999.
3.Name in Nepal:
Sagarmatha (means: goddess of the sky).
4.In Tibet:
Chomolungma: (means: mother goddess of the universe).
5.Named after:
Sir George Everest in 1865 ,the British surveyor-general of India. Once known as Peak 15.
6.Location:
Latitude 27° 59\\\\\\\' N.....Longitude 86° 56\\\\\\\' E It\\\\\\\'s summit ridge seperates Nepal and Tibet.
7.First Ascent:
May 29,1953 by Sir Edmund Hillary, NZ and Tenzing Norgay, NP, via the South Col Route.
8.First Solo Ascent:
Aug. 20,1980, Reinhold Messner, IT, via the NE Ridge to North Face.
9.First winter Ascent:
Feb. 17,1980 -L.Cichy and K. Wielicki, POL.
10.First Ascent by an American:
May 1,1963, James Whittaker, via the South-Col.
Mt. Everest rises a few milimeters each year due to geological forces.
11.Everest Name:
Sir George Everest was the first person to record the height and location of Mt. Everest, this is where Mt.\\\\\\\"Everest\\\\\\\" got its name from(In american language).
12.First Ascent by a Woman:
May 16,1975, Junko Tabei, JAP, via the South-Col.
13.First Ascent by an American Woman:
Sep.29,1988, Stacey Allison, Portland, OR via the South-East Ridge.
14.First Oxygenless Ascent:
May 8, 1978- Reinhold Messner, IT, and Peter Habeler, AUT, via the South-East Ridge.
15.First woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest from both north & south sides:
Cathy O\\\\\\\'Dowd (S.A.) South May 25,1996/North \\\\\\\'99.
16.Fastest Ascent from South:
Pemba Dorje Sherpa , NP- 8 hours and 10 minutes.
17.Fastest Ascent (north side):
Hans Kammerlander (IT) May,24,1996, via the standard North Col Ridge Route, 16 hours 45 minutes from base camp.
18.Youngest person:
Temba Tsheri (NP) 15 on May,22, 2001.
19.Oldest Person:
Min Bahadur Sherchan , May 25, 2008 -77 yrs.
20.First Legally Blind Person:
Erik Weihenmeyer May,25,2001
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21.Most Ascents:64 persons May 16, 2002Appa Sherpa became the first person to climb Everest 18 times, Ang Rita Sherpa, Babu Chiri Sherpa all ascents were oxygen-less.
22.Best and Worst Years on Everest:
1993, 129 summitted and eight died (a ratio of 16:1); in 1996, 98 summitted and 15 died (a ratio of 6˝:1).
23.Highest cause cause of death:
Avalanches-about a (2:1) ratio over falls.
24.Country with most deaths on mountain:
Nepal- 46.
25.Most dangerous area on mountain:
Khumbu Ice Fall-19 deaths.
26.First ski descent:
Davo Karnicar (Slovenia) 10-7-2000.
27.Last year without ascent:
1974.
28.Last year without ascent:
1977.
29.Corpses remaining on Everest:
about 120.
30.Longest stay on top:
Babu Chiri Sherpa stayed at the summit full 21 hours and a half.
31.Largest team:
In 1975, China tackled Everest with a 410-member team.
32.Fastest descent:
In 1988, Jean-Marc Boivin of France descended from the top in just 11 minutes, paragliding.
33.Only climber to climb all 4 sides of Everest:
Kushang Sherpa, now an instructor with Himlayan Mountaineering Institute.
34.First person to hike from sea level to summit, no oxygen.:
11th May 1990,Tim Macartney-Snape, Australian
35.Largest number to reach the top in one day:
64, on May 16, 2002.
36.First person to summit Everest twice:
Nawang Gombu-Nepal(once with Whitaker in \\\\\\\'63,and again two years later in \\\\\\\'65)Gombu now works for the Himalayan mountaineering institute.
37.The oldest woman to summit
Anna Czerwinska May 22, 2000.
1.Age of Everest:
Everest was formed about 60 million years ago.
2.Elevation:
29,035 (8850m)-found to be 6\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\' higher in 1999.
3.Name in Nepal:
Sagarmatha (means: goddess of the sky).
4.In Tibet:
Chomolungma: (means: mother goddess of the universe).
