The history of Mount Everest

The history of Mount Everest

In 1921, the British first climbing team started to climb Mount Everest which is led by Lieutenant Colonel Charles Howard Bury and reached an altitude of 7000 m. The second British climbing team reached an elevation of 8320 m with oxygen equipments. The third British team started its exploration in 1924. During the exploration, George Mallory and Andrew Irvine disappeared when they were climbing to the top of Mount Everest with oxygen supply. Mallory’s body was found at an altitude of 8150 m in the year of 1999. Because of the missing camera he carried, it can not determine whether he and Owen was the first person successful reached the top of Mount Everest.



There are more than 50 mountains at an elevation no less than 7000 meters in the Himalayan mountain range. "Himalaya" means the "snow village" in the Tibetan language where covered by snow all year-round. Mount Everest is the world’s highest mountain located on the border between China and Nepal which is up to the height of 8844.43 meters.



Due to Mount Everest’s unique geographical environment, the annual minimum temperature is always from minus forty to thirty degrees. It provided a convenient condition of Tibet Everest expedition which has become a very important scenic spot in Tibet tourism. Mount Everest looks like a giant pyramid-shaped mountain, the snow line of North Slope at elevation of 5800-9200 meters and southern slope of 5500-6100 meters. There are 548 continental glaciers between ridges and cliffs with a total area of ​​1,457.07 square kilometers which mainly depends on the Indian monsoon rainfall.





People have noticed the value of Mount Everest for a long time. Chinese climbers and scientists reached the top of Mount Everest from the northern slope and creating the unprecedented mountaineering miracle in the history of world climbing in 1960. Chinese workers cooperated with climbers accurately measured Mount Everest’s height and draw a detailed map of the Everest region. All of these have a contribution to Chinese development and utilization of natural resources in the Tibetan plateau. According to these explorations, Mount Everest base camp tours have become more and more popular in recent years. People would like to have Mount Everest tours rather than to visit some normal scenic spots if they trip to Tibet.



It has become very popular among travelers to travel from Lhasa to Everest Base Camp in recent years. Tibettravel.Org, as a top online Tibet travel agency, has organized such a tour for thousands of foreign travelers since 2009. Its professional team with excellent trip advisors, knowledgeable tour guides and experienced drivers always makes travelers enjoy a memorable trip. For more information about it, please visit http://www.tibettravel.org/.