Friday 24 February 2012

Mount Everest

Mount Everest (Tibetan: ཇོ་མོ་གླང་མ, Chomolungma456 or Qomolangma /ˈtʃoʊmoʊˌlɑːŋmə/ choh-moh-lahng-mə,76 "Holy Mother"; Chinese: 珠穆朗玛峰; pinyin: Zhūmùlǎngmǎ Fēng; Nepali: सगरमाथा, Sagarmāthā8) is the earth's accomplished mountain, with a aiguille at 8,848 metres (29,029 ft) aloft sea level. Located in the Mahalangur area of the Himalayas, the all-embracing abuttals runs beyond the absolute acme point. Its massif includes adjoining peaks Lhotse (8516 m), Nuptse (7855 m) and Changtse (7580 m).

In 1856, the Great Trigonometric Survey of British India accustomed the aboriginal appear acme of Everest, again accepted as Aiguille XV, at 29,002 ft (8,840 m). In 1865, Everest was accustomed its official English name by

the

Royal Geographical Society aloft a advocacy by Andrew Waugh, the British Surveyor General of India. Waugh alleged the abundance afterwards his antecedent in the post, Sir George Everest. Although Tibetans had alleged Everest "Chomolungma" for centuries, Waugh was blind of this because Nepal and Tibet were bankrupt to foreigners.

The accomplished abundance on the apple attracts abounding well-experienced mountaineers as able-bodied as able climbers accommodating to appoint able guides. While not assuming abundant abstruse aggressive challenges on the accepted route, Everest presents dangers such as distance sickness, acclimate and wind.

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