Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the world

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                  ** Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the world**

The height of Mount Everest is about 29035 feet or about 8850 meters, Mount Everest is the highest peak in the world above sea level, so Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the world, and climbing to the top of Mount Everest has been the target of many mountain climbers for decades.

              ....... What do you know about Mount Everest?

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Mount Everest is located on the border between Nepal, Tibet and China, and Mount Everest is also located within the Himalayan range, and Mount Everest was formed when India's tectonic plates crashed into Eurasia plates.

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The Himalayas rise in response to the lower bending of India's tectonic plates under the Eurasian plates, and the Himalayas continue to rise a few centimeters each year as the Indian-Australian plates continue to move northward to and under the sheets of Eurasia.

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India's Radhanath Sikdar, part of the British-led survey in India, had decided in 1852 that Mount Everest was the tallest mountain in the world, and that the initial height of the mountain was about 29,000 feet. It was known that Mount Everest was called The summit of the fifteenth mountain by the British until the title of his current English name Mount Everest in 1865, Mount Everest was thus named as Sir George the British who served as Surveyor of India from 1830 to 1843.

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The local names of Mount Everest include Chomolongma in Tibet, which means the mother of the world, and Sagarmatha in Sanskrit, meaning the mother of the ocean.

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The summit of Mount Everest has three fairly flat sides, and it is said that the three sides are shaped like a pyramid.

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Glaciers and snow cover aspects of Mount Everest, and in July temperatures can reach almost zero degrees Fahrenheit (about 18 degrees Celsius), and in January temperatures fall below 76 degrees Fahrenheit (about 60 degrees Fahrenheit) Celsius) .

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Despite the extreme cold at the top of Mount Everest, the stormy winds and the low oxygen levels (about a third of the oxygen in the atmosphere at sea level), climbers are trying to climb Mount Everest successfully every year.

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Since the first historic climb of New Zealand's Edmund Hillary and Nepali Tengeng Norgai in 1953, more than 2,000 people have successfully climbed Mt. Everest.

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Because of the danger and cruelty of climbing Mount Everest, more than 200 people have died in an attempt to climb this dangerous mountain, making the mortality rate for Mount Everest climbers about 0.1. However, in late spring or summer months of climbing season, there could be dozens of climbers in an attempt To reach the top of Mount Everest every day.

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The cost of climbing Mount Everest is very large, as there is a permit from the Government of Nepal that can cost from 10 to 25 thousand dollars per person, depending on the number of climbers in the group, in addition to that equipment, Sherpa guides, additional permits, helicopters , And other necessities, the cost per person can be much more than 65 thousand dollars.

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In 1999, climbers using GPS set a new length for Mount Everest, which was 29035 feet above sea level, about seven feet (2,1 meters) above the previously recognized altitude, and took a climb to determine the height of the mountain Everest Precision National Geographic Society and the Boston Science Museum.

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Mount Everest vs. Mount Kona Mona:

Although Mount Everest can record the highest point above sea level, or the longest mountain on earth from the base of the mountain to the top of the mountain, there is a mountain called the Kona Mona in Hawaii, which records 33,480 feet (about 10,204 meters) ) On the rise, but this is from the base (which is at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean) to the summit, however, Mount Kia Mountain rises only about 13796 feet (4205 meters) above sea level to eventually become Mount Everest the highest mountain in the world. The world, and Mount Everest will continue to be famous for its high altitude, which reaches about five and a half miles (8.85 km) inside space.




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Very interesting facts about Mount. Everest.

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Welcome my friend.

Excellent post and facts. Its indeed soothing to watch mount Everest. Upvoted and following u as always.

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Thanks for the memories. As kids we played with the numbers of mountain heights, car speeds or motorcycle weights. Mount Everest was 8,848 meters 30 years ago. The 2 meters are just a measuring error? .. who knows.. but the mountain was one of the best cards! 👍

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Nice pictures great post.

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beutiful mountain....we like to climb it..

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