Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Everest VR is a virtual reality experience about two hours in length with no gameplay elements. The experience begins with a narration about Mount Everest and its dangerous Khumbu Icefall. The player crosses a metal ladder to cross a deep crevasse and proceeds up the mountain. Several detours quicken the player's ascension. [1]
Main page; Contents; Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia; Contact us
Main page; Contents; Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia; Contact us; Donate
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).
Beyond the Edge is a 2013 New Zealand 3D docudrama about Tenzing Norgay and Sir Edmund Hillary's historical ascent of Mount Everest in 1953. As well as featuring dramatised recreations shot on location on Everest and in New Zealand, the film includes original footage and photographs from what was then the ninth British expedition to the mountain.
The Himalayas, or Himalaya (/ ˌ h ɪ m ə ˈ l eɪ. ə, h ɪ ˈ m ɑː l ə j ə / HIM-ə-LAY-ə, hih-MAH-lə-yə) [b] is a mountain range in Asia, separating the plains of the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau. The range has several peaks exceeding an elevation of 8,000 m (26,000 ft) including Mount Everest, the highest mountain on ...
Get AOL Mail for FREE! Manage your email like never before with travel, photo & document views. Personalize your inbox with themes & tabs. You've Got Mail!
The sub-range has an average elevation of 6,100 m (20,000 ft) and contains many of the world’s tallest peaks including the eight-thousanders and Mount Everest, the highest peak on Earth. [3] [4] The range is mainly composed of granite rocks with permafrost and consists of many glaciers including Gangotri, Khumbu, and Satopanth Glaciers. [5] [6]