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Mount Everest

Mount Everest. “The Roof of the World”. Everest Facts. Location: on the border between Nepal and Tibet (China). Height: 29,035 ft. Name in Nepal: Sagarmatha (means: goddess of the sky) Name in Tibet: Chomolungma : (means: mother goddess of the universe)

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Mount Everest

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  1. Mount Everest “The Roof of the World”

  2. Everest Facts • Location: on the border between Nepal and Tibet (China). • Height: 29,035 ft. • Name in Nepal: Sagarmatha • (means: goddess of the sky) • Name in Tibet: Chomolungma: • (means: mother goddess of the universe) • Named After: Sir George Everest in 1865 • (the British surveyor-general of India).

  3. Mt.Everest vs. King’s Peak • Tallest Mountain in Utah: King’s Peak • Height: 13,528 ft. • Uintah • Mountains

  4. Sherpas • An ethnic group of the Himalayan regions of Nepal • Regarded as experts in mountaineering • Hired as guides and porters for Himalaya expeditions • The majority practice Buddhism • Believe Mt. Everest to be a holy place and make a Puja offering before climing • Prayer flags are placed on Everest for the gods • Tourism has brought jobs and money to the Sherpa people in Nepal

  5. Sherpas

  6. Ascents of Everest • First Ascent: May 29,1953 • by Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay • First Solo Ascent: Aug. 20,1980 • Reinhold Messner, Italy • First American Ascent: May 1,1963 • James Whittaker • First Female Ascent: May 16,1975 • Junko Tabei, Japan

  7. Everest Video Clips • http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/12/061226-everest-video.html • http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0305/sights_n_sounds/media2.html • http://nationalgeographic.com/everest/ • http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0305/feature1/online_extra2.html

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