Mount Everest

(Local Name: Qomolangma Zhumulangma Feng) Mount Everest, at 8848m/29,039ft the highest mountain in the world, has attracted many international climbers over the years. This imposing and majestic summit lies 220km/137mi southeast of Xigaze on the Sino-Nepalese border. Its Tibetan name of Qomolangma means ''Third Goddess''. The Indians gave it the name of Everest in 1858 in memory of Sir S. G. Everest, head of the Indian State Institute of Geodetics. Mount Everest was discovered by the British mountaineer George Mallory in 1921.

The first attempts to scale the mountain were in 1921, from the Rongbuk glacier on the north (Tibetan) face, followed by more after 1950 which elected to tackle the southwest face