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



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 : Japanese climber Yuichiro Miura, 2003


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