Showing posts with label mount-everest. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mount-everest. Show all posts

Friday, March 11, 2011

Top 5 Most Famous Everest Expeditions


Everest ExpeditionsMount Everest is an enigma to most of us. The tallest peak in the world, situated in the Himalayas, standing at a majestic height of 8,848 metres above sea level has been a source of fascination and excitement for all adventure lovers and mountaineers from all parts of the world. Most mountaineers have a secret dream- the desire to scale Mount Everest.Even now the thought of

Mount Everest – The Highest Burial Ground in the World


Mount EverestMount Everest is about 8.9 kilometers above sea level – and it is one of the mountains of the range Himalayas – which lies on the frontiers of Tibet and Nepal, in the north of India. There has been much dispute regarding the exact height of the mountain – in a survey by the British government in the mid 1800’s, the height was said to be 29,002 feet, but in a 1954 survey by the