Mt Everest is located in the Himalayas
mountain range on the borders of
Nepal and Tibet (China).
At 8848 m (29029 ft), Mt Everest is
the highest mountain in the world.
In 1953 the first people to reach the summit were New
Zealander Edmund Hillary and Nepali sherpa Tenzing
Norgay
Sir Edmund Hillary
Tenzing Norgay
George Mallory and Andrew Irvine may have reached
the summit first in 1924. They died on the mountain so
we have no way of knowing if they reached the top.
George Mallory
Andrew Irvine
Adventurers
• A climber can expect to pay
$50,000 or more to climb
Mt. Everest.
• Over 4,000 climbers have
attempted to climb Mt.
Everest but only 660 have
succeeded.
• Over 142 people have died
trying to reach the summit.
Between 8 and 10 people
die every year making the
attempt.
Why is Mt. Everest so dangerous?
• Avalanches, freezing
temperatures,
storms, altitude
sickness and low
oxygen. The
temperature on Mt.
Everest is 97 degrees
below 0. Brrrr!
How Old???
Mt. Everest was
formed about 60
million years ago
when India moved
northward and
bumped into Asia. This
movement caused the
seabed between Asia
and India to crumple
and rise up.
This is what the
continents looked like
60 million years ago!
The trash left
behind by
climbers on Mt.
Everest is a huge
problem. Empty
oxygen bottles,
torn tents, food
containers,
broken
equipment and
poop litter the
trails.