Everest By: Kathryn Laverack

Gear They use special Tents that are not to heavy but can hold up to the strong winds. They use a ice screw so they can climb down or up Mt. Everest safely. They also use a Ice Axe so they can get through the thick ice!

Facts About the people who climbed Mt. Everest First attempt to climb Mt. Everest, May 29 1953 Edmund Hilary. Youngest person ever to climb Mt. Everest May 22 2001 Temba Tsheri. Oldest person ever to climb Mt. Everest May 25 2001 Sherman Bull. Legally blind Erik Weihemer May 25 2001.

The Deadliest Season During 1996 Climbing season 15 people died trying to climb down Mt Everest Making 1996 the deadliest season in Mt Everest history!

Climbing The Icefall! The Khumbu Icefall is a part of a glacier that flows down Everest. There’s an Avalanche ever day leaving the people who are climbing The Icefall with no idea it is coming.

The Yeti Sherpa's Believe the yeti (sasquatch or Abominable Snowman) is a human like creature the lives in the mountains and deep forests. Other people believe that it’s a rare type of Bear that often Stands on it’s back legs, so it walks like a human would. Few people have actually seen Yetis, but the Sherpa's know the mountains best!

Avalanche! Avalanches zoom down Everest’s west side practically everyday. Usually after a snowfall. There’s almost no warning at all. But if you do hear a loud crack almost like a gunshot. Then a thundering roar as the snow starts to move. The wind alone can knock you over. Avalanche sounds carry great distances on Everest, so it’s easy to make a total mistake and think the avalanche is farther any than it is.

How did Everest get its name? Everest used to have a couple of names they were peak xv. But in 1865, it was renamed Mt. Everest because Sir Gorge Everest was the first to record the location of Everest, so it was renamed that to honor Si Gorge Everest. Mt. Everest is all so called Chomolungma in Tibet and Sagamartha in Nepal

Everest Temperatures The hottest temperature on Mt. Everest is – 36 degrees C and -33 degrees F. The lowest temperature on Mt. Everest

Bibliography http://www.mnteverest.net/history.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Everest Pictures by Google images http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&rls=com.microsoft%3Aen-us%3AIE-SearchBox&rlz=1I7GGLR&um=1&sa=1&q=Mt.+Everest&aq=f&oq=&aqi=g8g-m2&start=0 Books