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Sagarmatha
Sagarmatha (Mount Everest) is the World's Highest Mountain.
Sagarmatha rises to 884 8 Meters (29,030 Feet) above the sea
level. Originally Mount Everest was called Peak XV. As it
turned out, Peak XV already had two other names one name
came from South side of the Mountain, from the Nepalese who
referred to it as Sagarmatha or "Goddess of the Sky". The
other name came from North side of the mountain from the
Tibetans, who had name to it as Joloungma, or "Goddess,
Mother of the world". Later the mountain has renamed in
honor of Sir George Everest. Although today it is rarely
called Joloungma or Sagarmatha, it is clear from their names
for the mountain that the Nepalese and Tibetan people
worshiped this special place on the earth
Since the late 19th century, adventurous spirits have been
fascinated with the ascent of the highest mountain in the
world. Tenzing Sherpa of Nepal and Sir Edmund Hillary from
New Zealand became the first people to stand on the top of
the world on may 29, 1953 through south Col via Khumbu
Glacier and continued their ascent to the Summit via the
Southeast Ridge.
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| History |
Age of Everest: Everest was formed about 60
million years ago
Elevation: 8848 Meter
Name in Nepal: Sagarmatha (means: goddess of the sky)
Name In Tibet: Chomolungma: (means: mother goddess of the
universe)
Location: Latitude 27° 59' N.....Longitude 86° 56' E It's
summit ridge separates Nepal and Tibet
First Ascent: May 29,1953 by and Tenzing Norgay, NP, Sir
Edmund Hillary, NZ via the South Col Route
First Solo Ascent: Aug. 20,1980, Reinhold Messner, IT, via
the NE Ridge to North Face
First winter Ascent: Feb. 17,1980 -L.Cichy and K. Wielicki,
POL
First Ascent by an American: May 1,1963, James Whittaker,
via the South-Col
Mt.Everest rises a few milimeters each year due to
geological forces
Everest Name: Sir George Everest was the first person to
record the height and location of Mt. Everest, this is where
Mt. "Everest" got its name from (In American language)
First Ascent by a Woman: May 16,1975, Junko Tabei, JAP, via
the South-Col
First Ascent by an American Woman: Sep.29,1988, Stacey
Allison, Portland, OR via the South-East Ridge
First Oxygen less Ascent: May 8, 1978-
Reinhold Messner, IT, and
Peter Habeler, AUT, via the South-East Ridge
First woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest from both
north & south sides:
Cathy O'Dowd (S.A.) South May 25,1996/North '99
Fastest Ascent from South: Babu Chhiri Sherpa 34, NP-16
hours and 56 minutes (5-21-2000)
Fastest Ascent north side: Hans Kammerlander (IT)
May,24,1996, via the standard North Col Ridge Route, 16
hours 45 minutes from base camp
Youngest person: Sambu Tamang (NP) 16 on May,5,1973
Oldest Person: Lev Sarkisov May,12,1999 -60 yrs. 161 days
Most Ascents: Eleven, 24th May 2000 Appa Sherpa became the
first person to climb Everest 11 times-Ten, Ang Rita Sherpa,
Babu Chiri Sherpa all ascents were oxygen-less.
Best and Worst Years on Everest: 1993, 129 summitted and
eight died (a ratio of 16:1); in 1996, 98 summitted and 15
died (a ratio of 6½:1)
Highest cause cause of death: Avalanches-about a (2:1) ratio
over falls
Country with most deaths on mountain: Nepal-46
Most dangerous area on mountain: Khumbu Ice Fall-19 deaths
First ski descent: Davo Karnicar (Slovenia) 10-7-2000
Last year without ascent: 1974
Last year without ascent: 1977
Corpses remaining on Everest: about 120
Longest stay on top: Babu Chiri Sherpa stayed at the summit
full 21 hours and a half
First Disabled Climber: Tom Whittaker American) May 27, 1998
Largest team: In 1975, China tackled Everest with a
410-member team.
Fastest descent: In 1988, Jean-Marc Boivin of France
descended from the top in just 11 minutes, paragliding.
Only climber to climb all 4 sides of Everest: Kushang Sherpa,
now an instructor with Himlayan Mountaineering Institute
First person to hike from sea level to summit, no oxygen.:
11th May 1990,Tim Macartney-Snape, Australian
Time To Climb: A normal expedition lasts 60-90 days and is
done during the months of April/May and October/November
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| World Record |
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1922:
Seven Sherpa climbers died in an
avalanche becoming the first reported deaths on Mt.
Everest.
1953:
First Summit on May 29, 1953 by
Mr. Tenzing Norgay of Nepal & Sir Edmund Percival
Hillary of New Zealand via the South-East Ridge
Route. (Lhotse face is to the South-East Ridge).
1965:
Mr. Nawang Gombu Sherpa on May
20, 1965 became the first person to summit Everest
twice. Both of his summits were via the South East
Ridge, his first as a member of Mr. Jim Whittaker's
American Expedition where he became the 11th person
to summit Everest. Out of the first seventeen
summits of Everest, Nawang had two of them.
1975:
Ms. Junko Tabei of Japan on May
16, 1975 became the first woman to reach the summit
via the South-East Ridge.
1978:
First Ascent without bottled
oxygen by Mr. Peter Habeler of Austria and Reinhold
Messner of Italy on May 8, 1978 via the South-East
Ridge
1980:
First Winter ascent by Mr.
Krzyszt Wielicki of Poland on February 17, 1980.
1988:
First ascent by woman without
oxygen Ms. Lydia Bradey of New Zealand on October
14, 1988.
1990:
First married couple to summit
together by Mr. Andrej & Mrs. Marija Stremfelj of
Slovenia on October 7, 1990. Marija was also the
first Slovenian women to summit Everest.
1990:
First father and son to summit together by Mr. Jean
Noel Roche and his son Roche Bertrand aka Zebulon.
They flew together on a tandem paraglider from the
south Col. They landed at base camp on the October
7, 1990. Roche Bertrand was 17 years old at that
time and became the youngest person to ever climb
Everest.
1992:
First two brothers to reach the summit together: Mr.
Alberto and Mr. Felix Inurrategui on September 25,
1992.
1993:
The first Nepalese woman, Pasang Lhamu Sherpa,
summits Everest but died descending from the Summit
on April 23, 1993.
1998:
Mr. Thomas Whittaker of U.S.A. is the first handicap
(one leg artificial) to climb Mt. Sagarmatha.
1999:
Mr. Babu Chiri Sherpa of Nepal became the first and
only climber to sleep on the summit. Babu spent over
21 hours on the summit of Mt. Everest without oxyzen.
He established the fastest record of 16 hrs 56 min.
to reach the top on May 21, 2000. He has been
successfull to summit Mt. Sagarmatha 10 times.
2000:
Miss Lhakpa Sherpa of Nepal is the second Nepalese
women to successfully summit Mt. Sagarmatha on May
18, 2000
2000:
First Ski descent by Davo Karnicar.
2001:
Mr. Temba Chiring Sherpa (16 yrs.) of Nepal, is the
first youngest mountaineers to successfully climb
Mt. Sagarmatha from north side on May 23, 2001.
2001:
Mr. Erik Weihenmayer of USA became the first ever
blind person to summit Mt. Everest on May 25, 2001.
2002:
Miss Pemba Doma Sherpa is the third Nepalese woman
to successfully climb Mt. Everest from both sides.
She first climbed Mt. Everest from north side and
bacame the first Nepali women to climb from North
side on May 29, 2000 and from south side on May 16,
2002.
2003:
Mr. Ang Chhiring Sherpa correspondent of Kantipur
Daily from Nepal successfully climbed Mt. Sagarmatha
on May 22, 2003. He is the first Nepalese journalist
to climb the top of the World.
2003:
Mr. Lakpa Gelu Sherpa of Nepal successfully holds
the world record of fastest climbing on the top of
world on May 26, 2003 for only 10 Hours 56 minutes
and 46 seconds
2003:
Mr. Lakpa Gelu Sherpa, Mr. Da Nuru Sherpa and Mr.
Jangbu Sherpa, three brothers scaled Mt. Everest on
May 26, 2003 on same day.
2004:
Mr. Pemba Dorjee Sherpa of Nepal successfully summit
Mt. Sagarmatha by setting a new world record of
fastest climbing. He completed the distance from
Sagarmatha Base Camp to the summit in 8 hours and 10
minutes on May 21, 2004.
2005:
Ms. Moni Mulepati, (24 Yrs) and Mr. Pem Dorjee (23
Yrs) of Nepal scaled Mt. Everest together and got
married on top of the world.
2005:
Mr. Appa Sherpa, (45 yrs) of Nepal successfully
climbed Mt. Sagarmatha 16 times.
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