Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Mount Everest

Mount Everest, also called Chomolungma or Qomolangma or Sagarmatha is the maximum mountain on Earth, as measured by the height of its pinnacle above sea level, which is 8,848 meters or 29,028 feet. The mountain, which is part of the Himalaya range in High Asia, is located on the border between Nepal and Tibet. By the end of the 2007 mountaineering season there had been 3,679 ascents to the pinnacle by 2,436 individuals. There have been 210 deaths on the mountain, where conditions are so thorny that most corpses have been left where they fell; some are evident from standard hiking routes.

Climbers range from experienced mountaineers to relation novices who count on their paid guides to get them to the top. This means climbers are a momentous source of tourist revenue for Nepal, whose government also requires all probable climbers to obtain an exclusive permit, costing up to $25,000 (USD) per being.

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