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  2. Mount Everest - Wikipedia

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    The closest sea to Mount Everest's summit is the Bay of Bengal, almost 700 km (430 mi) away. To approximate a climb of the entire height of Mount Everest, one would need to start from this coastline, a feat accomplished by Tim Macartney-Snape's team in 1990. Climbers usually begin their ascent from base camps above 5,000 m (16,404 ft).

  3. Timeline of Mount Everest expeditions - Wikipedia

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    Mount Everest and surrounding terrain (rendered from data by US National Snow and Ice Data Center and Landsat 8) Mount Everest is the world's highest mountain, with a peak at 8,849 metres (29,031.7 ft) above sea level. It is situated in the Himalayan range of Solukhumbu district (Province 1 in present days), Nepal. [1]

  4. List of Mount Everest expeditions - Wikipedia

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    Everest's North Face Ascents of Mount Everest by year. This is a list of notable expedition climbing attempts on Mount Everest.These mountaineering expeditions were for a variety of purposes, including geographic exploration, sport, science, awareness raising, and fundraising.

  5. List of people who died climbing Mount Everest - Wikipedia

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    North face of Mount Everest. Over 340 people have died attempting to reach—or return from—the summit of Mount Everest which, at 8,848.86 m (29,031 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in), is Earth's highest mountain and a particularly desirable peak for mountaineers. This makes it the mountain with the most deaths, although it does not have the highest death rate.

  6. List of deaths on eight-thousanders - Wikipedia

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    North face of Mount Everest. Mount Everest, Earth's highest mountain at 8,848.86 metres (29,031.7 ft) above sea level, has been host to numerous tragedies.Deaths have occurred on the mountain every year since 1978, excluding 2020, when permits were not issued due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

  7. Today in History: 27 years ago, first American woman ... - AOL

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    On September 29, 1988, Stacy Allison, a woman from Portland, Oregon, became the first American woman to reach the summit of Mt. Everest.The mountain, which is 29,035 feet above sea level, is the ...

  8. List of Mount Everest records - Wikipedia

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    From Kala Patthar, west of Everest looking the South West face primarily Mount Everest from Gokyo Ri, showing a little more of the North face Tashi and Nungshi were the first twins to summit Mount Everest together. This article lists different records related to Mount Everest. One of the most commonly sought after records is a "summit", meaning ...

  9. A giant, ancient meteor four times the size of Mount Everest ...

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    It was four times the size of Mount Everest, unleashed a tsunami bigger than any in known human history and boiled the oceans — but an ancient meteor may also have nurtured life on Earth after ...