Mt. Everest

1) What is this place?

2) Where is this place?

3) Why do tourist visit this place?

4) Positive impacts.

5)Negative impacts.

6)Sources

7) Some facts and strange things about Mt. Everest.

8) A man that was thought dead but returned to life the next day.

1) What is this place?

Mount Everest was formed about 60 million years ago. It is about 29,035ft (8850m), found to be 6' higher in 1999. It was named after Sir George Everest in 1865 ,the British surveyor-general of India. Once known as Peak 15. It was name after Sir George Everest as he was the first person to record the height and location of Mt. Everest, this is where Mt."Everest" got its name from(In american language). It is named Sagarmatha (means: goddess of the sky) in Nepal and Chomolungma: (means: mother goddess of the universe) in Tibet. It is a fold mountain.

2) Where is this place?

The mountain, which is part of the Himalaya range in Asia, is located on the border between Sagarmatha Zone, Nepal, and Tibet, China. It's coordinate are Latitude 27° 59' N.....Longitude 86° 56' E. It's summit ridge seperates Nepal and Tibet.

3)Why do tourist visit this place?

The people that visit this place are mostly climbers. As the highest mountain in the world, it attracts climbers of all levels, from well experienced mountaineers to novice climbers willing to pay substantial sums to professional mountain guides to complete a successful climb. Climbers are a significant source of tourist revenue for Nepal, whose government also requires all prospective climbers to obtain an expensive permit, costing up to US $ 25,000 per person.

4) Positive impacts.

Many people have becomed famous from climbing Mount Everest. More and more people are comquering Mount Everest although there are so many difficulties. Many more people are visiting Mount Everest to try and conquer the Mountain. By the end of the 2008 climbing season, there had been 4,102 ascents to the summit by about 2,700 individuals. The creation of employment the increase in the economic levels for the local people in Mount Everest. It also allows the climbers to learn more about the culture of their porters.

5) Negative impacts.

Mount Everest is said to be the most dirty mountain in the world. This is because every single expedition was leaving there all their trash such as oxygen bottles, plastic, papers. Deforestation, the result of tourism, has led to monsoonal soil erosion. Most visitors to Nepal are hikers and climbers.Recently, an expedition went there for the only reason to clean the mountain as much as possible. Everest has claimed 210 lives, including eight who perished during a 1996 storm high on the mountain. Conditions are so difficult in the death zone that most corpses have been left where they fell. Some of them are visible from standard climbing routes.

6) Sources

http://library.thinkquest.org/5069/

http://www.mnteverest.net/history.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Everest#Geology

http://www.brighthub.com/environment/green-living/articles/45722.aspx
Pictures from Google search

7) Some facts and strange things about Mt. Everest.

The youngest person ever to climb Mt. Everest was a 16 year old from Nepal named Shambu Tamang. He did this on May 5, 1973. The first woman ever to climb Mt. Everest was Junko Tabei of Japan. She reached the summit on May 16, 1973. The oldest person ever to climb Everest was Ramon Blanco of Spain. He was 60 years and 160 days old. He reached the summit on October 7, 1993. The oldest person ever to climb Everest was Ramon Blanco of Spain. He was 60 years and 160 days old. He reached the summit on October 7, 1993. The first married couple ever to climb Mt. Everest was Andrej and Mariga Stremfelj from Slovenia. They reached the summit on October 7, 1990. It has been said that someone once climbed Mt. Everest without any pants! We don't know if that one is true but it is certainly strange!

8) A man that was thought dead but returned to life the next day.

Lincoln Hall was thought to have died while descending from the summit of Mount Everest May 25, 2006, after suffering from a form of altitude sickness that caused him to hallucinate and become confused. According to reports, Sherpas attempted a rescue for hours, but as night began to fall, their oxygen supplies diminished and snow blindness set in, they were ordered by their expedition leader Alexander Abramov to leave an apparently dead Hall on the mountain and return to camp. A statement was later released announcing his death. However, the next morning at 7am (12 hours later) Hall was found still alive at 8700m by a team making a summit attempt. The team consisted of Daniel Mazur Team Leader (US), Andrew Brash (Canada), Myles Osborne (UK) and Jangbu Sherpa (Nepal).

Joyce Lim (10) 4R

http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/asia/np.htm
~ WHAT IS THIS PLACE?
This place is Mt. Everest

~WHERE IS THIS PLACE?
It is from Kala Patthar, located on the border between Sagarmatha Zone, Nepal, and Tibet, China.

~WHY DO TOURISTS VISIT THIS PLACE?
They usually go there to trek. It’s the best thing in Mount Everest- the Everest Base Camp trek which seems to be the most popular choice. They also get to stay in tea houses along the way which really gives you a feel for traditional Nepal.

our own questions!
~HOW HAS MOUNT EVEREST TOURISM AFFECTED NEPAL?
Since

Nepal ranks among the poorest countries in the world, tourism is a vital economic lifeline. Comprising about 4 percent of the country's gross national product, the industry pulls in around half a billion dollars annually. Although the country has a rich culture and religious tradition, the best-paying and longest-staying tourists travel there for the rock star of the Himalayan mountains -- Mount Everest.

~DO PEOPLE LIVE ON MOUNT EVEREST?
At the peak of Mount Everest, there is an extremely low amount of oxygen in the air to breathe, so therefore no one would be able to live at that high of an altitude. But at the base, however, it would be possible for humans to live. It depends if you mean at the peak or at the base.

~WHAT ARE THE SOURCES OF INFORMATION FOR THIS PLACE?

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Do_people_live_on_Mount_Everest http://adventure.howstuffworks.com/outdoor-activities/climbing/mt-everest-tourism.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Everest
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_to_do_on_Mount_Everest

this was done by students of 4D-wen ying and katherine
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Mount Everest - also called Qomolangma Peak (Tibetan: ཇོ་མོ་གླང་མ), Mount Sagarmāthā (Nepali: सगरमाथा), Chajamlungma (Limbu), Zhumulangma Peak (Chinese: 珠穆朗玛峰 Zhūmùlǎngmǎ Fēng) or Mount Chomolungma - is the highest mountain on Earth, and the highest point on the Earth's continental crust, as measured by the height above sea level of its summit, 8,848 metres (29,029 ft). The mountain, which is part of the Himalaya range in Asia, is located on the border between Sagarmatha Zone, Nepal, and Tibet, China.

Mount Everest - also called Qomolangma Peak (Tibetan: ཇོ་མོ་གླང་མ), Mount Sagarmāthā (Nepali: सगरमाथा), Chajamlungma (Limbu), Zhumulangma Peak (Chinese: 珠穆朗玛峰 Zhūmùlǎngmǎ Fēng) or Mount Chomolungma - is the highest mountain on Earth, and the highest point on the Earth's continental crust, as measured by the height above sea level of its summit, 8,848 metres (29,029 ft). The mountain, which is part of the Himalaya range in Asia, is located on the border between Sagarmatha Zone, Nepal, and Tibet, China.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Everest

How does tourism affect this place?
A clean white mountain is now scattered with unlucky tourists who have sadly, lost their lives during their trips and expeditions. Everest has claimed 210 lives, including eight who perished during a 1996 storm high on the mountain. Conditions are so difficult in the death zone that most corpses have been left where they fell. Some of them are visible from standard climbing routes.

Done by: Stephanie sim and Sarah gan from 4R