Lim, Louisa (25 January 2005). "China fears Everest is shrinking". BBC News . Retrieved 1 April 2007. a b "Papers relating to the Himalaya and Mount Everest". Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society of London. IX: 345–351. April–May 1857. Because they became the first men to reach the summit of Everest, Hillary and Tenzing would earn a celebrity that has scarcely faded in 50 years. Who today remembers Tom Bourdillon and Charles Evans? Yet Hunt's plan called for Bourdillon, a former president of the Oxford Mountaineering Club, and Evans, a brain surgeon, to make the first summit bid. They reached the summit of Everest at 11:30 am. Hillary turned to Tenzing, and the men shook hands; Tenzing then embraced Hillary in a hug. Hillary took photos, and the two searched for but did not find signs that Mallory and Irvine had been to the summit. Tenzing, a Buddhist, made an offering of food for the mountain; Hillary left a crucifix Hunt had given him. The two men ate some sweets and then headed down. They had spent about 15 minutes on the top of the world. By the end of the 2010 climbing season, there had been 5,104 ascents to the summit by about 3,142 individuals. [153] Some notable "firsts" by climbers include:

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Kami Rita Sherpa reaches 26 ascents to the summit, [315] and Pasang Dawa Sherpa reaches 25 ascents to the summit. [316] [317] This Indian air force photograph of the south-west face of Everest shows the route of the successful ascent with the Khumbu glacier in the foreground. Lowe spent nine days, most of them with Ang Nyima Sherpa, working at the lower section of the Lhotse face. On May 17 a camp was pitched on it at 24,000 feet (7,315 metres). The route on the upper part of the face, over the top of the Éperon, was first made by Noyce and Annullu Sherpa on May 21. The next day 13 Sherpas led by Wylie, with Hillary and Tenzing ahead, reached the col and dumped loads. The fine weather continued from May 14 but with high winds. On May 24 the first summit party, with Hunt and two Sherpas in support, reached the col. On the 26th Evans and Bourdillon climbed to the South Summit of Everest, but by then it was too late in the day to go farther. Meanwhile Hunt and Da Namgyal Sherpa left loads for a ridge camp at 27,350 feet (8,335 metres).The summit of Everest is the point at which Earth's surface reaches the greatest distance above sea level. Several other mountains are sometimes claimed to be the "tallest mountains on Earth". Mauna Kea in Hawaii is tallest when measured from its base; [note 5] it rises over 10,200m (33,464.6ft) when measured from its base on the mid-ocean floor, but only attains 4,205m (13,796ft) above sea level. The Chinese side of Everest in Tibet was described as "out of control" in 2007 after one Canadian had all his gear stolen and was abandoned by his Sherpa. [367] Another Sherpa helped the victim get off the mountain safely and gave him some spare gear. Other climbers have also reported missing oxygen bottles, which can be worth hundreds of dollars each. Hundreds of climbers pass by people's tents, making it hard to safeguard against theft. [367] In the late 2010s, the reports of theft of oxygen bottles from camps became more common. [368] 2014 Sherpa strike

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From Advanced Base Camp, climbers ascend the Lhotse face on fixed ropes, up to Camp III, located on a small ledge at 7,470m (24,500ft). From there, it is another 500 metres to Camp IV on the South Col at 7,920m (26,000ft). In 1885, Clinton Thomas Dent, president of the Alpine Club, suggested that climbing Mount Everest was possible in his book Above the Snow Line. [95] Reinhold Messner concurred in 2004, "You could die in each climb and that meant you were responsible for yourself. We were real mountaineers: careful, aware and even afraid. By climbing mountains we were not learning how big we were. We were finding out how breakable, how weak and how full of fear we are. You can only get this if you expose yourself to high danger. I have always said that a mountain without danger is not a mountain....High altitude alpinism has become tourism and show. These commercial trips to Everest, they are still dangerous. But the guides and organisers tell clients, 'Don't worry, it's all organised.' The route is prepared by hundreds of Sherpas. Extra oxygen is available in all camps, right up to the summit. People will cook for you and lay out your beds. Clients feel safe and don't care about the risks." [356]

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New Zealander George Lowe watches Tenzing Norgay test-fit crampons to his new climbing boots at the expedition's camp alongside the monastery at Thyangboche, where they stayed for three weeks to acclimatise. In May 2019, Nepali mountaineering guide Kami Rita summited Mount Everest twice within a week, his 23rd and 24th ascents, making international news headlines. [218] [214] [215] He first summited Everest in 1994, and has summited several other extremely high mountains, such as K2 and Lhotse. [214] [215] [216] [218] In May 2004, physicist Kent Moore and surgeon John L. Semple, both researchers from the University of Toronto, told New Scientist magazine that an analysis of weather conditions on 11 May suggested that weather caused oxygen levels to plunge about 14 per cent. [128] [129] On 21 May 2011, Nepalis Lakpa Tsheri Sherpa and Sano Bapu Sunuwar paraglided from Everest's summit to Namche Bazaar in 42 minutes. [267] [333] After the flight they hiked, biked, and kayaked to the Indian Ocean, reaching the Bay of Bengal by 27 June 2011, thereby becoming the first persons to complete a continuous summit-to-sea descent from Everest. [334] They accomplished the ground-breaking feat despite Bapu having never previously climbed, and Lakpa having never kayaked and not even knowing how to swim. [334] The duo subsequently won National Geographic Adventurers of the Year for 2012 for their exploits. [334] In 2013 footage of the flight was shown on the television news program Nightline. [335] 2014: Helicopter-assisted ascent The quakes trapped hundreds of climbers above the Khumbu icefall, and they had to be evacuated by helicopter as they ran low on supplies. [181] The quake shifted the route through the ice fall, making it essentially impassable to climbers. [181] Bad weather also made helicopter evacuation difficult. [181] The Everest tragedy was small compared to the impact overall on Nepal, with almost nine thousand dead [182] [183] and about 22,000 injured. [182] In Tibet, by 28 April at least 25 had died, and 117 were injured. [184] By 29 April 2015, the Tibet Mountaineering Association (North/Chinese side) closed Everest and other peaks to climbing, stranding 25 teams and about 300 people on the north side of Everest. [185] On the south side, helicopters evacuated 180 people trapped at Camps 1 and 2. [186] Mountain re-opens in August 2015

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a b c Lewis, Jon E. (2012). "Appendix 1". The Mammoth Book of How it Happened – Everest. Little, Brown Book Group. p.212. ISBN 978-1-78033-727-2.

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Surviving Denali, The Mission". PBS.org. Public Broadcasting Service. 2000 . Retrieved 7 June 2007. The base camp for Everest expeditions based out of Nepal is located by Khumbu Glacier, which is rapidly thinning and destabilizing due to climate change, making it unsafe for climbers. As recommended by the committee formed by Nepal's government to facilitate and monitor mountaineering in the Everest region, Taranath Adhikari—the director general of Nepal's tourism department—said they have plans to move the base camp to a lower altitude. This would mean a longer distance for climbers between the base camp and Camp 1. However, the present base camp is still useful and could still serve its purpose for three to four years. The move may happen by 2024, per officials. [76] Meteorology Atmospheric pressure comparison