Mount Everest, or “Mount Qomolangma”, is situated in the Himalayas Mountains stretching along the border of China and Nepal. The sea level elevation of Mount Everest is 8844.43 meters, making it the highest mountain in the world. Many mountaineers had tied but failed to climbed the mountain until the year 1953, some of them even lost their lifes there. In 1953, a famous New Zealand mountaineer, Edmund Hillary, reached the top of Mount Everest from its southern side for the first time in human history, with the help of of a guide from Nepal. And seven years later, several Chinese mountaineers and scientists got there from its northern side, which is much more precipitous than the southern side.
Mount Everest looks like a giant pyramid from outside. It was surrounded by many other high mountains in the Himalayass. There are about 40 mountains which are higher than 7000 meters located within 20 kilometers to Mount Everst. The terrain of the mountain is extremly complex. Without the help of modern technology, it is almost imposible to get the top of the mountain. That is why people did not succeed in conquering it until the middle of 19th century. The northeastern ridge, the southeastern ridge, and the western ridge shape the general outline of Mount
Everst, within which there are three huge cliffs and various types of microrelieves. Because of its high altitude, the temperature on the peak of Mount Everest is approximately -34℃, with strong winds blowing all the year round. The thick snows covering the mountain never thaws, and form magnificent glacier landscape. There are around 548 continental glaciers dotted among the cliffs and ridges within the mountain. The cover area of the glaciers is 1457.07 square kilometers, and the average thickness of them reaches amazingly 7260 meters. Some glaciers gather together and form a large group of breathtaking ice towers, some adopt the form of slope, and some form snow hills . The splendid snow-covered landscape of Mount Everest have made it one of the most gorgeose mountains in China.
Mount Everest is not only famous for its unique snow-covered landscape, but also for its enormous scientific value. Scientists are curious about why the mountain is still growing taller. They also wants to carry out experiments on the limites of human body in the mountain. Thus Mount Everest welcomes a great many scientists and tourists every year. If you want to climb the mountain, you need to watch out for the dangerous avalanche regions and the natural traps hidden under the ice cap. You may need a oxygen tank as well, since the air is quite thin in the moutain. The amount of the air among the peak of Mount Everest is only one forth as much as the amount of the air shrouding the eastern plain area of China.
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