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Mount Everest is a real treasure of Nepal, this small country that is considered the birthplace of Buddha.
Name options and location
Nepal would never have acquired the status of a kind of tourist "Mecca", if not for Everest. This is an amazing peak shrouded in legends. The name of the mountain was in honor of George Everest, an Englishman and the head of the geodetic service. Translated from the language of Tibet, the second name of this mountain is Chomolungma. It sounds like "Divine." Among the Nepalese, the mountain is called Sagarmatha - "the mother of the earthly gods." Before the Europeans arrived here, the peak was also called Chomo-Kankar - the “Queen of White Snows”. Looking at the map of the southern part of Asia, you will find a narrow strip of the Himalayas in the north of the Indian subcontinent and determine the coordinates of Mount Jomolungma. To the north is the Tibet Plateau. The height of Everest is 8848 meters. The geographic coordinates of Mount Jomolungma are 27 ° 59′17 ″ north latitude and 86 ° 55′31 ″ east longitude. She enters the Main Himalayan Range. The highest point of the planet is located almost on the border of China and Nepal.
Expensive pleasure
Climbing to the top of the world is a rather complicated and expensive business. The “Divine” is located in an inaccessible area and is not easy to reach, as evidenced by the geographical coordinates of Mount Jomolungma. And this is connected not only with the price of the flight and long distances. Despite the fact that Mount Jomolungma on the map refers to Chinese territory, it brings income to both China and Nepal. After all, the mere issuance of a permission to climb brings to the state treasury up to 10 thousand dollars from each climber. In addition, you need expensive climbing equipment. These are tents, ice axes, cables, special clothes, sleeping bags, an oxygen apparatus.
Orientation is of great importance
, previously used the map, compass and geographical coordinates of Mount Jomolungma. Now navigators allow you not to get lost. You also need to stock up food, oxygen and gas cylinders. In addition, you need to pay for the services of porters, sherpas, instructors and guides. The total amount spent on the rise may exceed 65 thousand dollars. You will also have to be patient. The complete process of lifting, together with the mandatory monthly acclimatization to rarefied air, training and arrangement of intermediate camps, lasts about two months.
Death area
In the snow of Everest, on the way to the top lies about two hundred dead climbers. From some of them, the wind blows off the snow, and such “marks” unobtrusively remind tourists that jokes are bad with the mountain.
Chomolungma has many dangers - avalanches, stone and ice scree, severe frosts. In winter, at the top of the mountain, the readings of the thermometer can drop below 60 degrees. Wind knocking down.
But the climber’s worst enemy is a lack of oxygen. Heights above eight kilometers are not in vain called the domain of death. Since here the oxygen content drops to the level of 0.3 from the norm and below. Under such conditions, the body experiences tremendous exhaustion. The heart can just stop in such conditions.
Climbers are extremely difficult to move in the "area of death." Therefore, the essential elements of such expeditions are oxygen cylinders. But many ascents were made without the use of breathing apparatus.
Humanity test
"Mother of the Earth Gods" beckons climbers with its impregnability. Climbers who come here for many years have been preparing to climb this mountain. They buy equipment and exercise. If a person is not rich, he understands that he has only one chance to overcome this height. There will be no other attempt. In these conditions, travelers find themselves in circumstances where the call of heights comes into conflict with humanity. For example, to the top another hundred meters, the climber has almost no strength left, and a freezing man lies on the path. He urgently needs help. And the tourist understands that if you help this person, then he himself will not be able to be on the long-awaited peak. Help or step over a lying person? Unfortunately, many choose the latter. A story is known with a group of Japanese who met three freezing. And they continued the ascent, thereby leaving the unfortunate in trouble.
History of conquest
After it became clear in the mid-19th century that Everest is the highest mountain on the planet, many wanted to climb it. The geographic coordinates of Mount Jomolungma became of interest to many adventurers. The situation with the conquest of this impregnable height was complicated by the fact that for many years the access to it was limited by the governments of Tibet and Nepal. Mount Chomolungma is located just on their border. But under the influence of the world community, the highest peak was open for climbing expeditions. But the great height, cold, lack of oxygen and hurricane winds for a long time kept the inviolability of this radiant peak. Attempts to reach it failed over and over again.
But at the end of May 1953, the two travelers were the first to climb to a height of 8848 m. These were members of the English expedition Tenzing and Lambert. After this historic ascent, climbers set many records related to Chomolungma. Here you can climb to the top without an oxygen mask, and explore new routes, and downhill skiing and snowboarding, and even climbing climbers with disabilities. One of them ascended on dentures, the other being completely blind.
Mount Everest has long attracted people from all over the world. Climbing it is fraught with many dangers and difficulties. However, neither the high cost of the climb, nor the enormous load, nor even the fear of death, stop the many climbers climbing this magnificent mountain.