Title: What is Mount Everest and why is it so hard to climb
1What is Mount Everest and why is it so hard to
climb?
2Subtopics
Why is it so hard to climb?
What is it?
The first Climb
3What is it?
- 29,035 feet tall
- 5 miles high
- Himalayan mountain range
- Still growing because of the India
This is what Mount Everest would look like up
close
4This is where the India subcontinent is located.
5What is it? (Cont.)
- Named after Sir George Everest
- One of the hardest mountains to climb in the
world!
This is a picture of Sir George Everest.
6Why is it so hard to climb?
- Avalanches
- Crevasses
- Low oxygen
- Headaches
This is a picture of someone on Everest with
an oxygen mask.
7Why is it so hard to climb? (Cont.)
- Very cold temperatures
- Extreme snowstorms
- Seeing difficult
- Frostbite
This is what a snowstorm on Everest would be
like.
8The First Climb
- Sir Edmund Hillary
- Tenzing Norgay
- Nawang Gombu
- Thomas Hornbein
- William Unsoeld
- Junko Tabei
This is a picture of Tenzing Norgay and Sir
Edmund Hillary up Everest
9Timeline
1953- Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Noray climb
Everest
10Timeline
1963- Nawang Gombu
11Timeline
1963- Thomas Horbein and William Unsoeld
12Timeline
1975- Junko Tabei
13Conclusion
- Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay were the
first people to climb Everest. - There is extreme weather on Everest.
- Mount everest is 29,035 feet tall.
14Bibliography
- http//www.concordworldtravels.com/nepal-travel-to
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