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Mount Everest, also calle Chomolungma, Qomolangma or Zhumulangma (in Tibetan: ཇོ་མོ་གླང་མ, in Chinese: 珠穆朗玛峰 Zhūmùlǎngmǎ Fēng) or Sagarmatha (Nepali: सगरमाथा meaning Ocean Head) is the highest mountain on Earth, as measured by the height of its summit above sea level, which is 8,848 metres (29,029 feet). The mountain, which is part of the Himalaya range in High Asia, is located on the border between Sagarmatha Zone, Nepal, and Tibet, China.

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  • To trek through its Khumbu Icefall, Lhotse Face & South Col, your team needs a $70,000 permit from Nepal's government
  • When remeasured in 1999, this highest mountain was found to have grown by 7 feet
  • Satellite measurements in 1987 suggested that this peak reaches 29,108' -- 80' higher than thought
  • Jon Krakauer gave a personal account of the 1996 disaster on this mountain in the book "Into Thin Air"
  • It wasn't until 1954, the year after it was first scaled, that a survey set it at 29,028 feet
  • The Nepalese call it Sagarmatha
  • About 300 miles southwest of Lhasa:29,028 feet
  • The Hillary Step, a 40-foot spur of snow & ice, is the last obstacle you must climb before reaching its summit
  • An 1852 survey by the government of India said it was the tallest mountain in the world
  • Climbing the Nepalese side of this mountain: almost $30,000; descending it alive: priceless
  • In 1922 Charles Granville Bruce led the second attempt to climb this mountain, reaching a height of 27,300 feet
  • The youngest person to climb it was 15-year-old Temba Tseri on May 22, 2001
  • Wave at a Yeti or 2 as you snowboard down all 29,035 feet of this mountain
  • John Hunt, leader of the expedition that put Edmund Hillary atop this mountain, was made a baron
  • Annapurna in Nepal was the highest mountain climbed until the peak of this one was reached in 1953
  • This Himalayan peak is also known as Sagarmatha & Chomolungma
  • Its south summit, some 28,700 feet high, was 1st scaled May 26, 1953
  • In 1998 "Nova" trekked up this mountain to study the effects of oxygen deprivation
  • Seen here is Tenzing Norgay, standing on the summit of this mountain "because it's there"
  • Nepal's Sagarmatha National Park bears the local name of this peak which it surrounds
  • The world's highest mountain, it was known as Peak XV before it was renamed in 1865
  • Tibet's highest point, it lies on the border with Nepal
  • To Tibetans it's "Chomolungma", the goddess mother
  • In 1975, 22 years after Edmund Hillary achieved the feat, Junko Tabei became the first woman to reach its summit
  • In "Into Thin Air" Jon Krakauer said climbing this mountain "was primarily about enduring pain"
  • On May 1, 1963 Jim Whitaker became the first American, & 10th person, to reach the summit of this mountain
  • This mountain has additional named peaks that exceed 24,000 feet, including Lhotse & Changtse
  • (Morgan Freeman continues.) A great view can be had from this peak the Tibetans call Chomolungma that plays a big part in "The Bucket List" story
  • In 1953 it's where Hillary was head & shoulders above the rest
  • The Turfan Depression is China's lowest point; in 1951 this peak became its highest point
  • You'll find this highest mountain in the world about 100 miles northeast of Katmandu
  • First measured in 1852 & called Peak XV, it's 1.65 miles taller than the tallest mountain in North America
  • "High Crimes" tells of "The Fate of" this mountain "in an Age of Greed"
  • In May 1953 Edmund Hillary was on top of the world, or at least on top of this highest mountain
  • Tibetans call it Chomolunga, Nepalese call it Sagarmatha, both call it theirs
  • At about 29,000 ft., the summit of this Nepalese peak reaches 2/3 of the way throught the Earth's troposphere
  • An Oscar-winning documentary profiled Yuichiro Miura, "The Man Who Skied Down" this mountain
  • Called Sagarmatha in Nepali, it's this peak to us

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