Where is Mount Everest Located?

Mount Everest is known as the highest mountain on Earth and one of the most magnificent mountains in the world, which is located in Nepal. 
Nepal claims the mountain, with a height of 8,848 meters and it has been a long-term dispute as it lies on the boundary between China and Nepal. Mount Everest is located in The Mahalangur Himal subrange of the Himadri and is positioned halfway between Tibet, an autonomous area of China’s north, and Nepal, to the south. Its highest Peak shares continental boundaries with China’s Tibet Autonomous Region and Nepal’s Province No. 1. The height of Mount Everest is about 8,848 meters (29,029 ft) tall, making it the tallest mountain in the world. 

The History of Mount Everest

As per the modern theory of plate-tectonics, Mount Everest was under the co-functioning of continental shuffle, mountain formation mechanics, and other natural forces due to which the giant continent broke up, and that’s how the world got its highest mountain.

Everest has been on the planet for more than 60 million years, and its age exceeds 60 million. The peak was named George Everest in the nineteenth century in honor of an earlier Surveyor General of India. There have been 195 attempts to scale the world’s tallest peak since 1852. Edmund Hillary, a New Zealander, was the first to ascend to its top in 1953.

According to Tibetan Buddhists, the mountain’s peak is called Chomolungma (meaning Holy Mother), while Nepalese Buddhists and Hindus call it Sagarmatha (meaning the Head of the Sky). At the end of the 2018 climbing season, 295 people lost their lives on Mount Everest, and according to the Himalayan Database, 5,294 different climbers had completed 9,159 successful summit attempts. On average, 800 individuals climb Mount Everest annually, which takes 40 days, depending on the weather conditions.

Famous Climbers Who Attempted Climbing Mt. Everest

The first person to climb Mount Everest was Sir Edmund Hillary, a New Zealander, who reached the summit on May 29, 1953. The first woman to climb Mount Everest was from Japan named Junko Tabei, who summited on May 16, 1975. On September 11, 1980, Reinhold Messner became the first person to climb Mount Everest without supplemental oxygen. Tenzing Norgay died at age 74 in 1986 while climbing in Nepal. Bachendri Pal (born on May 24, 1954, in Nakuru, India) was the first woman to climb Mount Everest from India to reach the summit of Mount Everest in 1984.

Interesting Facts about Mount Everest

• The mountain grows each year: It is believed that a continuous geographical uplift pushes Everest up by 4 mm a year, hence a new height every year.
• We all probably mispronounced the name Everest: Everest was pronounced ˈiːvrᵻst, but the mountain was pronounced as Ever-est.
• The second pronunciation was settled because it could not be written in Hindi or correctly pronounced by the native Indians.
• Radhanath Sikdar, a native Indian mathematician and surveyor, discovered the mountain as the highest in the world in 1852.
• On the South Side of Mount Everest in Nepal, Lakpa Gelu Sherpa set a record in 2003 by ascending from Base Camp to the summit in 10 hours and 56 minutes.
• Kami Rita Sherpa is the summit record holder with 24 summits.

Ending Note

It is thought that the peak, a part of the Seven Summits, is the highest point on Earth and was given the name George Everest in the nineteenth century in honor of a former surveyor general for India. Since then, climbers have attempted to ascend the peak to its summit. Some other notable achievements include the first person to climb Mount Everest, Edmund Hillary, and Tenzing Norgay reaching the summit for the first time on May 29, 1953.