It has been more than 60 years after Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay made history as the first successful conquerors of Mount Everest. To date we have heard countless stories of triumph and tragic attempts to reach the top.
But there are many interesting facts about Mount Everest which you didn’t know. These are some of them:
1. Mountain spiders
Even high in the sky, with barely enough air to breathe yet we can not hide from spiders. Euophrys omnisuperstes, better known as Himalayan popup spiders are living in the holes and cracks on the slopes of Mount Everest.
2. The man who the top was named after has never seen the mountain top.
The mountain is named after George Everest, surveyor retired but never managed to reach the top of the mountain.
3. 10% of those who took the top die
It is known that one of ten climbers lost their lives on the way back. About 200 bodies are still scattered around the mountain.
4. Climbing to the top is not cheap
If you plan to travel to Mount Everest that will cost you dearly. Tourist guides can cost you more than € 70,000, with extra payment for oxygen that is around 5,000 euros.
5. 450 million old history
Although Himalayan mountains formed 60 million years ago, the history of Everest is older. The rocks on the mountain were once part of the sedimentary layers below the sea 450 million years ago. Everest upper formations containing marine fossils of sea creatures and shells that once lived in the previous Ocean.
6. Constantly growing
A research team discovered in 1994 that Everest continues to grow about 4 millimeters each year.
7. Dirtyest mountain in the world
There are countless photographs of climbers and their way to the top, but rarely seen photos of what they leave behind. Everest is filled not only with the bodies of the mountaineers, but with about 50 tons of waste, oxygen bottles, climbing equipment, and a large number of human excrement.
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