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2022-11-01T06:17:00.000Z

Interesting facts about Everest

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Interesting facts about Everest
Photo by Martin Jernberg on Unsplash
The highest mountain peak in the world is called Everest in English, Jomolungm in Tibet, and Sagarmatha in Nepali.

At the top, because it is big enough to fit only five people, there are times when a line of climbers forms and stops on the slope leading to the highest point.
By the end of the climb, climbers have lost 10 kilograms. Imagine that in some difficult, climbing areas, 10,000 calories per hour (33 calories in a cheeseburger) are burned. It takes 6 hours to climb the last 300 meters to the top. Working capacity is reduced by 60%.
As the mercury reading reaches 250 mm at its peak, the air pressure drops and the water boils very quickly. Therefore, it has become a habit for mountaineers to eat food with missing vegetables.
Because the amount of oxygen is 2/3 less, it is almost impossible to breathe without an oxygen cylinder. It is said that only 2.7% of climbers who reached the summit or 200 climbers were able to breathe without using an oxygen cylinder.
The height of Everest is 8848 meters. Due to intercontinental tectonic thrusts, it is rising 4 meters every year.
At the summit, 7,414 climbers climbed successfully. 281 climbs, the climbers died and ended unsuccessfully.
Permit to climb the peak, 11,000 US dollars in Nepal. is worth $.
Fossilized remains of sea creatures found in the soil of Everest are 450 million years old. 60 million years ago, it is believed that this ridge was formed.
50 tons of garbage (from oxygen cylinders to dilapidated tents) are dumped at the foot of Everest. This is garbage created in the last 50 years.
8 kg to Nepalese government and climbers. garbage is required to be brought back.
50 000x8=6250. 6250 climbers will be needed to clean up the debris from Everest. Conservationists clean up about 13 tons of garbage every year.

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