For many people, climbing to Mount Everest Base Camp or to the summit of Mount Everest is about the’ things to do before you die’ list, only like walking along the Great Wall of China is for others.
If you’re thinking about booking a visit to climb up Everest, which is the highest and most well-known mountain on the planet, or into the Mount Everest Base Camp, then take a peek at the subsequent 10 truth about Everest.
Number One
The very first people to climb to the summit of Mount Everest were Edmund Hillary, a New Zealand mountaineer and explorer, and Tenzing Norgay, a Nepalese Sherpa mountaineer. They both reached the top of Mount Everest on May 29th, 1953 and climbed for just over seven weeks. Only after their successful expedition, the world started to take this daring step.
Number Two
The year that nobody climbed to the Everest summit was back in 1974. Each year since then, there have been mountaineers from across. Around 1000 people try to summit Everest every year and among them, only half could make it.
Number Three
Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the world standing at an estimated 8,848 meters tall. The second highest is K2 (8,611 meters high), the third set is Kangchenjunga (8,586m), fourth is Lhotse (8,516m) and the fifth greatest mountain in the world is your Makalu (8,485m).
Number four
Francys Arsentiev is the first US woman, who summit the Mt. Everest without oxygen. Ironically, she died while descent. Even her husband died while rescuing her.
Number Five
The youngest individual, however, was that the American Jordan Romero who was able to scale Everest, also known as the ‘mother of the universe’, in May 2010. The previous record was held when she was just 15 years old, by Ming Kipa of Nepal, who reached the summit.
Number Six
Scientists and geologists believe that Everest grows taller by 4mm every year, as two tectonic plates that are opposing make it slowly rise.
Number seven
British climber and explorer Bear Grylls became the first man when he climbed Everest in 2007, to fly higher than the cap of the planet in a powered paraglider. He was also the youngest climber to reach the Everest summit back in 1998.
Number eight
The oldest person to reach the top of Everest has been Yuichiro Miura in the ripe old age of 80. Mount Everest in 2013 climbed and he successfully skied down feet of the mountain.
