Mount Everest

Mount Everest, the highest peak in the world lies in the Khumbu region, Solukhumbu district, at Sagarmatha Zone of Eastern develpoment Region, Nepal on the northen border with Tibet/China and also falls within the Sagarmatha National Park. The Tibetian and Sherpas whi lives close to the mountain Knew it as a chhomolungma and the Nepalese government gave it the name "Sagarmatha". The name Everest was named by Andrew Waugh in honor of his predecessor, George Everest.         At 29th may 1953 the Newleland's climber Edmund Hillary and a Neapaleese Tenjing Norke Sherpa reached the Everest Summit for the very first time. Before that many climbers had tried to reach the summit but no succesful climb was made. After Sherpa and Hillary reached the top of the world, they prooved that man kind can climb the everest and survive at sucha great altitude. Many tried had been made to reach the everest summit before 1953. Before 29 years of sucessful cilimbing of Everest all the way In 1924, Mallory and Lrvine had dissappeared after they were last seen 240m. below the summit. Although Mallory's well preserved body was found high up the mountain in 1999, nobody is really sure either they made it to the summit or died on the way up.

Since 1953 many records have been broken and many Sherpas have climbed more than 10 times each. Many of climbers today climbs everest to set new records such as speed record, to become youngest or oldest and for many others record.