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1. Mount Everest. Some records and facts. © The Collective Worship Resource - The National Society and The Culham Institute

2. Mount Everest facts. • Mount Everest is 8,844 metres high. • Mount Everest is the tallest mountain in the world. • Mount Everest belongs to the Himalayan Mountain range. • Mount Everest is between Nepal and China. © The Collective Worship Resource - The National Society and The Culham Institute

3. Everest records. • The summit of Mount Everest was first reached on May 29th 1953 by New Zealander Sir Edmund Hilary and sherpa Tenzing Norgay. © The Collective Worship Resource - The National Society and The Culham Institute

4. Everest records. • On May 16th 1975 Junko Tabei became the first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest. © The Collective Worship Resource - The National Society and The Culham Institute

5. Everest facts. • Climbing Mount Everest is hugely challenging and very dangerous. On May 10th 1996 a storm on Mount Everest resulted in eight people who were trying to climb the mountain dying on a single day. © The Collective Worship Resource - The National Society and The Culham Institute

6. Everest records. • On May 24th 2001, 15 year old sherpa Temba Tsheri became the youngest ever person to reach the summit. © The Collective Worship Resource - The National Society and The Culham Institute

7. Everest records. • One day later, on May 25th 2001 Erik Weihemayer became the first blind person to reach the top of Mount Everest. © The Collective Worship Resource - The National Society and The Culham Institute

8. Everest fact. • The summit of Mount Everest rises by 2.5 cm every year. © The Collective Worship Resource - The National Society and The Culham Institute

9. Have you ever climbed a mountain? Could you? © The Collective Worship Resource - The National Society and The Culham Institute