MT. EVEREST - THEHIGHEST MOUNTAIN

THIS MOUNTAIN IN THE HIGHEST MOUNTAIN  - 29,000' ABOVE SEA LEVEL.  IT IS IN THE HIMALAYAS.   IT IS BETWEEN CHINA AND NEPAL.  ONLY IN THE 1850'S DID BRITISH INDIA PUBLISH THE HEIGHTS.  THIS ENGINEER NAMED THE MOUNTAIN AFTER HIS PREDECESSOR IN THE PAST.  THE MOUNTAIN ATTRACTS PROFESSIONAL MOUNTAINEERS TO HIRE GUIDES.  THERE ARE NO TECHNICAL CHALLENGES TO CLIMB IT .  THE ONLY DANGERS ARE ALTITUDE  SICKNESS, WEATHER AND WIND.  BY 1847 BRITISH BEGAN TO STUDY THE MOUNTAIN.  THEY COULD ONLY BE THERE FROM SEPTEMBER TO DECEMBER BECAUSE OF THE WEATHER.  OTHER SCIENTISTS FROM INDIA ALSO FOUND T TO BE THE HIGHEST MOUNTAIN.  THERE WERE TIBETAN NAMES AND IT'S NATIVE NAME WAS GAURISANKAR.  THERE WERE MANY PEAKS THEY WANTED TO ASSIGN NAMES TO IT.  ON 1865 THE ROYAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY GAVE THE MOUNTAIN IT'S NAME.

IN 2002 THE CHINESE NEWSPAPER DECIDED THAT IT SHOULD BE NAMED ITS LOCAL NAME. BRITISH FOLKS DISCOVERED A NORTHERN PASS.  IN 1921 THEY WERE NOT EQUIPPED TO CLIMB THE MOUNTAIN. MALLORY WAS THE FIRST EUROPEAN TO CLIMB THE MOUNTAINNORTHERN FLANK  OF 22,000 '.  IN 1922 THE BRITISH CLIMBED USING OXYGEN AND GOT UP THE MOUNTAIN GOING TO THE HEIGHT OF 27,000'!  SOME CLIMBERS LIKE MALLORY GOT KILLED HERE BY AVALANCHE.  THERE WERE MANY WHO WERE UNSUCCESSFUL. AND ATTEMPTED TO GET TO THE MOUNTAIN TOP. IN 1953 A BRITISH CLIMBER CAME WITHN 300' OF THE SUMMIT, BUT LACKED OXYGEN.  2 DAYS LATER THEY BROUGHT A SHERPA CLIMBER AND MADE IT TO THE TOP! THEY WERE GIVEN HONORS BY THE BRITISH.

AACTUALLY MT. MCKINLEY IN ALASKA IS SOMEWHAT TLLER..  THERE HAVE BEEN EXPEDITIONS THAT HAVE REMOVED RUBBISH (8000LBS) FROM THE MOUNTAIN  THE ICE IS NOW MELTING MAKING THE MORE DANGEROUS.   MOST ATTEMPTS TO CLIMB ARE MADE IN MAY BEFORE BEFORE THE MOONSOON SEASON.CLIMBERS HAVE TO HIKE TO BASE CAMP (2800M) HIGH TO ACLIMIZE THEIR BODIES TO THE ALTITUDE.  IT TAKES 6 TO 8 DAYS.  BECAUSE OF STORMS MANY PEOPLE HAVE DIED CLIMBING.  IT IS A DIFFICULT JOURNEY IF YOU WANT TO ATTEMPT IT!