Mt Everest
Social Studies Lizzy DeCarlo P4
Legends
There are many people that have climbed MT.Everest and at least 210 have died and approximately 2500 survivors. At the bottom there are people climbing MT.Everest and a picture of MT.Everest
Basic Facts
Mt Everest is 29,035 feet or 8,848 meters high. The summit is the border of nepal to the South and China or tibet on the north. It is over six million years old. It has snow on it all year.
Routes
Equipment neede for climbing Mt. Everest
Clothing,Tools and other utilites,light weight climbing boots, headlamps, ski googles, gloves, crampons, carabiners,ropes, walkie talkies, viedo camera, satilite phone for high altitudes
Records
Records
Jordan Remero- Was the youngest male to climb Mt Everest at age 13
Nemia Chemji Sherpa- Was the youngest female to climb Mt Everest at age 16
Temae Watanabe- Was the oldest female to climb Mt Everest at age 63
Min Bahadur Sherchan- Was the oldest male to climb Mt Everest at age 76
Temae Watanabe
Oldest Female
Jordan Romero
Youngest Male
Nima Cheji Sherpa
Youngest Female
Organizations that have tours
Organizations
Seven Summits Guided Climb
Everest Private Tours
Mt Trip Guided Mt Everest climbing expeditions
Legal aspects of climbing Mt Everest
Legal aspects of climbing Mt Everest
Its required to have a tourist visa and a passport
Location
Location
Mt Everest is located in seven different countries which are Afghanistan, Bhutan, China, India, Nepal and Pakistan
History
History
Age: 6 million years old
Name in Nepal: Sagamatha (means goddess of the sky
First Ascent: May 29 1953
First Winter ascent Feb 17 1980
First Ascent by an American may 1 1963
How it effects on the chinese economy
How it effects on the chinese economy
It effects population growth in china
China has been one of the worlds populated countries sense the second century A.D, when it had more than 6 million people, now it has decreased in the last decade and today it stands at about 1.25 billion.