http://www.airpano.com/files/Everest-Nepal/2-2
- Everest is 29,035 feet or 8848 meters high.
- The summit is the border of Nepal to the south and China or Tibet on the north.
- It is over 60 million years old.
- Everest was formed by the movement of the Indian tectonic plate pushing up and against the Asian plate.
- Everest grows by about a quarter of an inch (0.25") every year.
In Tibet the mountain is known as Chomolangma for ‘mother of the universe’
Mount Everest is also home to a very minute black jumping spider. These spiders hide in crevices and feed on frozen insects. Their food depends largely upon what is blown by the wind into the specific area. They live as high as 22,000 feet.
Sir Edmund Hilary and Tenzing Norgay were the first to summit Everest, on May 19 1953.
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Edmund-Hillary
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Tenzing-Norgay
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