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Out of a head-on collision between the continent of India (India was a continent back then) and that of Asia, approximately 60 million years ago, Mount Everest was born. Mount Everest is a part of the Himalayan range (Himalaya in Sanskrit means "abode of snow"), which is itself the tallest range of mountains existing. The mountain stands skyward bound at 29,000 feet. In Nepal it is called Sagarmatha (meaning "goddess of the sky"), and in Tibet it is called Chomolungma (meaning mother goddess of the universe). |
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The name as it stands today was given by Sir George Everest, the British Surveyor General of India, in 1865.The mountain ridge of the Mount Everest separates Tibet from Nepal.
Due to its challenging altitude Everest has been a mountain climber's dream since it was first sighted in the 1850s by the British. May 29, 1953, was the first recorded day when the summit of the Mount Everest was conquered. The expedition was undertaken and successfully completed by New Zealander Edmund Hillary and a local Sherpa Tenzing Norgay. More attempts to equal this feat have been undertaken in the subsequent years using different techniques and in different forms. Some climbers took different routes, others went on the expedition without oxygen. Then there was the first woman climber, a Japanese named Junko Tabei, first solo climb and many more. Thousands have made the attempt. Approximately 700 have succeeded, at least 150 others have died trying and several others have been lost. There are even those who have made repeated attempts.
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