Everest is within the chain referred to as the range of mountains. The summit ridge of Everest separates Nepal and Sitsang. every place features a special name for this big mountain. The Nepalese name is Sagarmatha, which suggests 'goddess of the sky'. The Tibetan name is Chomolungma, which suggests 'mother deity of the universe'. In English, Mount {everest|Mt. Everest|mountain peak} is known as once Sir Saint George Everest, the primary person to record the peak and placement of the mountain.
A climb to the summit was tried by Saint George Mallory in 1922, UN agency magnificently gave his reason for desirous to climb mountain peak as "because it's there." He tried to succeed in the summit once more within the company of Saint Andrew the Apostle Irvine in 1924, however on this trip each climbers disappeared. the primary winning ascent (and descent) of Everest was accomplished by Sir mountaineer and mountaineer on might twenty ninth, 1953. the primary ascent by a girl was on might sixteenth, 1975, by Junko Tabei from Japan.
Between 1921 and 2007, over 2 thousand individuals have climbed Everest, some over once. Since the primary ascent in 1953, over 600 climbers from twenty completely different countries have reached the summit. However, over 200 climbers have died trying to climb Everest, most typically from avalanches, however additionally from falls in crevasses, cold, or high-altitude sicknesses.
