The Summit
The average length of time it takes to climb Mt. Everest is?
6-9 weeks
What is Altitude?
The height above sea level.
Mount Everest is the tallest mountain above ___ ___?
sea level.
What type of landform is Everest?
A Mountain
Mount Everest is this old...
Approximately 60 million years old
What was the name of the (at least 1) first people to summit Mount Everest?
New Zealander Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay
What is the Death Zone?
This area above 8000m where there is limited oxygen in the air.
Mount Everest is this height....
8849m
No couple has gotten married on Mount Everest before
True or False
False
What is the age of the youngest person to actually climb Mt. Everest?
(between 8 and 18)
13
These symptoms are common factors of what? when climbing to the summit
(headache, loss of appetite, dizziness, nausea, cough)
____ ______ (2 words)
Altitude sickness
What is Avalanche?
A large mass of snow, ice, earth or rock moving swiftly down a mountainside.
Mount Everest is part of what mountain range?
Himalayas
Mount Everest continues to grow every year
True or False
What is the age of the oldest person to climb Mt. Everest?
Between (65 and 90)
80
Climbers handle the death zone by doing these things.
wearing oxygen masks/tanks to breathe.
What is a Crevase?
A deep, narrow opining or crack in a glacier or the earth.
What is a Sherpa?
Guides hired to lead expeditions up Mount Everest.
How many times has Mount Everest been summitted?
(between 12,000 and 13,000 people)
12,884 times by 7,269 different people
What date was it when the first people summitted Mount Everest?
M____, ___th, 19____
May 29 1953
You must make summit by what time during the day and why?
2:00pm
What are Crampons?
Shoes with spikes on the bottom to help climbers climb.
Mount Everest is located between what two countries?
China and Nepal
The locals call Mount Everest ..... ?
Sagarmatha or Chomolungma
This was the fasted record from base camp to summit.
10 hours 56 minutes