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Mount Everest. “The Roof of the World”. Everest Facts. Location: on the border between Nepal and Tibet (China). Height: 29,035 ft. Name in Nepal: Sagarmatha (means: goddess of the sky) Name in Tibet: Chomolungma : (means: mother goddess of the universe) - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Mount Everest
“The Roof of the World”
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Everest Facts
• Location: on the border between Nepal and Tibet (China).
• Height: 29,035 ft. • Name in Nepal: Sagarmatha
– (means: goddess of the sky)
• Name in Tibet: Chomolungma: – (means: mother goddess of the universe)
• Named After: Sir George Everest in 1865 – (the British surveyor-general of India).
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Mt.Everest vs. King’s Peak
• Tallest Mountain in Utah: King’s Peak
• Height: 13,528 ft.• Uintah • Mountains
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Sherpas• An ethnic group of the Himalayan regions of
Nepal• Regarded as experts in mountaineering• Hired as guides and porters for Himalaya
expeditions• The majority practice Buddhism • Believe Mt. Everest to be a holy place and make
a Puja offering before climing• Prayer flags are placed on Everest for the gods• Tourism has brought jobs and money to the
Sherpa people in Nepal
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Ascents of Everest
• First Ascent: May 29,1953 – by Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay
• First Solo Ascent: Aug. 20,1980– Reinhold Messner, Italy
• First American Ascent: May 1,1963– James Whittaker
• First Female Ascent: May 16,1975 – Junko Tabei, Japan
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Everest Video Clips
• http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/12/061226-everest-video.html
• http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0305/sights_n_sounds/media2.html
• http://nationalgeographic.com/everest/
• http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0305/feature1/online_extra2.html