Everet du̱hwan
| Part of | Himalayas, Seven Summits, eight-thousander, ultra-prominent peak  |
|---|---|
| Native label | Mount Everest, सगरमाथा, ཇོ་མོ་གླང་མ, 珠穆朗玛峰, 圣母峰 |
| Mountain range | Mahalangur Himal |
| Parent peak | no value |
| Named after | George Everest |
| Ka̱byen | Nepal, People's Republic of China |
| Located in the administrative territorial entity | Solukhumbu District, Tibet Autonomous Region |
| Located in time zone | Nepal Standard Time, China Standard Time |
| Located in protected area | Sagarmatha National Park |
| Location | Himalayas |
| Located in/on physical feature | Himalayas, China–Nepal border |
| Coordinate location | 27°59′17″N 86°55′30″E |
| Significant place | Everest Base Camp (North, Tibet), Everest Base Camp (South, Nepal), Base Camp II |
| Made from material | rock, ice |
| History of topic | timeline of Mount Everest expeditions |
| Peak bagging classification | eight-thousander |
| Category for maps or plans | Category:Maps of Mount Everest |
Du̱hwan Everest (du̱yrek ka̱ryi S'agarmāthā Ka̱ ya Nepal bu̱ Qomolangma ka̱ ya Tibet) nti yet a̱dundwan u̱ sarei u̱ ka̱sa ka. Tu̱ shyi kȧ̱yat nkkwan nhwang a̱huhwan Mahalangur Himal a̱nyyi Himalayas wwon u̱ yet ka̱zzu jjun a̱nyyi nbyit China–Nepal. Ka̱za ka ba mai a̱ shya ni u̱ du̱rya cci kop sswa bu̱ nswak hwa (2020) a̱yet ka̱mak 8,848.86 m (29,031 ft 8+1⁄2 in).
Mount Everest attracts many climbers, including highly experienced mountaineers. There are two main climbing routes, one approaching the summit from the southeast in Nepal (known as the standard route) and the other from the north in Tibet. While not posing substantial technical climbing challenges on the standard route, Everest presents dangers such as altitude sickness, weather, and wind, as well as hazards from avalanches and the Khumbu Icefall. As of May 2024, 340 people have died on Everest. Over 200 bodies remain on the mountain and have not been removed due to the dangerous conditions.[1][2]
Climbers typically ascend only part of Mount Everest's elevation, as the mountain's full elevation is measured from the geoid, which approximates sea level. The closest sea to Mount Everest's summit is the Bay of Bengal, almost Ka̱zzuan:Convert 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 Ka̱zzuan:Convert. The amount of elevation climbed from below these camps varies. On the Tibetan side, most climbers drive directly to the North Base Camp. On the Nepalese side, climbers generally fly into Kathmandu, then Lukla, and trek to the South Base Camp, making the climb from Lukla to the summit about Ka̱zzuan:Convert in elevation gain.
The first recorded efforts to reach Everest's summit were made by British mountaineers. As Nepal did not allow foreigners to enter the country at the time, the British made several attempts on the North Ridge route from the Tibetan side. After the first reconnaissance expedition by the British in 1921 reached Ka̱zzuan:Convert on the North Col, the 1922 expedition on its first summit attempt marked the first time a human had climbed above Ka̱zzuan:Convert and it also pushed the North Ridge route up to Ka̱zzuan:Convert. On the 1924 expedition George Mallory and Andrew Irvine made a final summit attempt on 8 June but never returned, sparking debate as to whether they were the first to reach the top. Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary made the first documented ascent of Everest in 1953, using the Southeast Ridge route. Norgay had reached Ka̱zzuan:Convert the previous year as a member of the 1952 Swiss expedition. The Chinese mountaineering team of Wang Fuzhou, Gonpo, and Qu Yinhua made the first reported ascent of the peak from the North Ridge on 25 May 1960.[3] Ka̱zzuan:Anchor