the peak tourist season on Mount Everest.

5. The summit of Everest is on the border of Nepal and Tibet (China). Nepal lies to the south and China to the north.

6. The name Everest was originally proposed by Andrew Waugh, the British Surveyor General of India. He chose the name of his predecessor in the post, Sir George Everest.

Mount Everest Mount Everest

7. In Nepal, Mount Everest is known as Sagarmatha, meaning ‘Goddess of the Sky’.

8. In Tibet, it is known as Chomolungma, meaning ‘Goddess Mother of the World’.

9. As of December 2018, there were 9,159 summits of Mount Everest on all routes by 5,294 people.

10. There is a "two o’clock rule" when climbing Mount Everest because of its cold and unpredictable weather. That is, be sure to get tothe summit by 2pm or you'll have to turn around in case of accidents.

Tents at Everest Base Camp Tents at Everest Base Camp

11. Everest Base Camp has a Wi-Fi service.

12. The first summit was on May 29th, 1953 by Sir Edmund Hillary from New Zealand and Tenzing Norgay, a Sherpa from Nepal, climbing from the southern slopes of Nepal.

13. Chinese mountaineers – Wang Fuzhou, Gongbu, and Qu Yinhua – climbed to the summit in 1960 for the first time. It was also the first summit from the north slope in Tibet.

14. The first American to reach the summit of Mount Everest was Jim Whittaker alongside the Sherpa Nawang Gombu on May 1, 1963.

15. The first blind person to reach the summit was the American Erik Weihenmayer in 2001.

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