Just The Facts about the Roof Of The World
Posted by The Project Person
Latitude: 27°59′16″ N
Longitude: 86°56′40″ E
Height: 29,035 ft. (8,848 m)
Age Created: Over 60,000,000 years agoAlternate Names: Sagarmatha (Nepali), Chomolungma (Tibetan)
First Successful Ascent by: Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay
Oldest Climber: Min Bahadur Sherchan, 76 yrs. old
Youngest Climber: Temba Tseri, 15 yrs. old
Most Ascents For One Person: Appa Sherpa, 11 times
Extra Fact: Mount Everest rises a few millimeters every year