Mount Everest is the tallest mountain on Earth. It reaches 29,035 feet above sea level. It was formed the same way as the rest of the Himalayas. The climate in Mt. Everest is extreme; so extreme that your body starts to shut down if you start to reach the top. There are many people who have attempted to climb to the peak of Everest, and some who have made it all the way.
Everest, like the rest of the Himalayas, ascended from the floor of the ancient Tethys Sea. The whole mountain range originated when the Eurasian continental plate clashed with the Indian subcontinental plate around 30 to 50 million years ago. The mountain is covered with glaciers that fall from the main peak and its nearby smaller peaks. It is pyramid shaped and has three massive faces and three major ridges, which rise to the summit from the north, south, and west and separate the glaciers. The main glaciers are the Kangshung glacier, the Rongbuk glacier, West Rongbuk glacier, the East Rongbuk glacier, and the Khumbu glacier.
Naturally, the climate at Mount Everest is fanatically cold. The summit temperature ranges from -33 ∘F to -76 ∘F in January. The summit temperature never rises above freezing. The harsh western winds blow around the summit and against the peak in winter and spring. From June through September, the mountain lies in the deadly way of the Indian monsoons in which time violent snowstorms are common. From November through February, the summit is struck with hurricane winds that may reach more than 177 miles per hour. At 28,250 feet, there is only 30% of the oxygen there is at sea level, so the body starts shutting down.
There have been 10 expeditions that have reached the top of Mt. Everest. The first party to reach the peak of Everest was Mallory and Irvine in 1924. After 36 years, a Chinese party reached the top in 1960. Twenty years later in 1980, Reinhold Messner, who went solo, and a Japanese party reached Everest's peak.
Living on the edge today includes anything from skydiving to rock climbing; even climbing Mount Everest. Mt. Everest, the highest peak in the world, stands at 29,028 feet, (8,848 m), above sea level. The summit of this mountain rests at the same altitude that jets fly, where the oxygen is one thir...
Living on the edge today includes anything from skydiving to rock climbing; even climbing Mount Everest. Mt. Everest, the highest peak in the world, stands at 29,028 feet, (8,848 m), above sea level. The summit of this mountain rests at the same altitude that jets fly, where the oxygen is one thir...
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