10 Interesting Facts about Mount Everest
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Before the Great Trigonometric Survey of India measured Everest in 1856, no one was aware that it was the tallest mountain in the world.
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Everest is 8848 metres high, or roughly the altitude at which commercial aeroplanes travel.
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Mt. Everest is roughly 60 million years old and rises by 44 mm annually.
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Views of Tibet, India, and Nepal may be seen from the summit of Everest.
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On May 29, 1953, Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay became the first people to scale Mount Everest.
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Every year, more than 800 individuals try to climb Mount Everest, but only over 4,000 have succeeded thus far.
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From 1924 to 2019, more than 300 people have perished on Everest.
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On May 22, 2010, Jordan Romero of the United States became the summit's youngest climber. He was 13 years old.
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The Everest peak has a spotty cell phone signal.
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