The highest mountain(above sea level), Mt. Everest, has gotten a bit taller by about 2ft. For a few years, the countries of China and Nepal have disagreed on the record height of the mountain. Previously, Nepal had said the snow at the summit should be factored in to the measurement but China had disagreed. The two countries have just announced that Mt. Everest is officially 29,032 ft. tall. It is believed that the 2015 earthquake, that hit the area, may have been a factor in the change of the height of the mountain. Scientists have also believed that moving tectonic plates could also cause the mountain’s height to alter. Previously, the measurement was 29,029 ft. tall.
Learn more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-55218443
Did You KNOW?
* In 2007, Samantha Larson, 18 , of California, became the youngest foreigner to summit Mt. Everest.The previous youngest person to summit the highest peak was Temba Tsheri, 16,(some records say 15) of Nepal. In 2010, Jordan Romero, from California, became the youngest to summit Mt. Everest. He was 13 at the time.
*If you measure from the bottom of the ocean, Mauna Kea, a volcanic crater in Hawaii, is the tallest mountain on Earth.
* The Pacific Ocean, specifically the Mariana Trench is so deep(36,201 ft) that you could place Mt. Everest in the water and it still wouldn’t break through the surface!
* May 10, 1993 was a very crowded day on the summit of Mt. Everest. 40 climbers reached the top!
*One teenager made history by being the first person with Down syndrome to climb to Mt. Everest’s base camp. In 2013,Eli Reimer, a 16-year-old from Oregon, hiked 70 miles to Everest’s South Base Camp, in Nepal, with a team of eight other people, including his father. The trek promoted the Elisha Foundation, a non-profit organization that helps to raise money and support for those living with disabilities.
* You must pay a permit fee to Nepal of $10,000 for each expedition to climb Mt. Everest!
* Edmund Hillary went on an expedition to the South Pole, in 1958. It was the 3rd expedition to journey over land and the first to use motor vehicles.
* If you summit Mt. Everest, you are just below the cruising altitude of a jet!
*In 1988, Jean-Marc Boivin paraglided down Mt. Everest. It took only 11 minutes to make his descent from Mt. Everest’s summit!
* Sir Edmund Hillary brought Grape-Nuts cereal with him on his trek up Mount Everest.(source: immagazine.com/grape-nuts-leverages-hillarys-everest-climb-in-facebook-promo/)
* George Mallory’s body was discovered, in 1999, on the North Face of Mt. Everest. Attempts, including one in 2010 to find Mallory’s Vestpocket Kodak camera, have yet been successful. The question...how close to the summit did he and Irvine get back in 1924? If found, will the pictures on the camera give any clues?
*As of 2017, Lhakpa Sherpa has an amazing record when it comes to climbing Mt. Everest. She has the most summit climbs by a woman with an amazing eight ascents!
* As of 2018, Sherpa guide, Kami Rita, has reached the summit of Mt. Everest, a record 22 times!
* Did you know you can get high speed internet as you climb Mt. Everest?
* Kami Rita, a Sherpa climber successfully reached the summit. ofMount Everest 23 times, (5/2019)breaking his own record!
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