Introduction to the Mt. Everest

Sagarmatha (Mount Everest) is the World's Highest Mountain. Sagarmatha rises to 8848 Meters (29,028 Feet) above the sea level. Originally Mount Everest was called Peak XV. As it turned out, Peak XV already had two other names: one name came from South side of the Mountain, from the Nepalese who referred to it as Sagarmatha or "Goddess of the Sky". The other name came from North side of the mountain from the Tibetans, who had named it as Jhomoloungma, or "Goddess, Mother of the world". Later the mountain has been renamed in honor of Sir George Everest. Although today it is rarely called Jhomoloungma or Sagarmatha, it is clear from the names of the mountain that the Nepalese and Tibetan people worshiped this special place on the earth. Refer to these Books for more details.

Jon Krakauer, into thin air (New York Villard Books, 1997), p.10.

Roberta Reynolds, The vanishing Cultures of the Himalayas (san Diego, Harcourt, 1991), p.23, 24.

Since the late 19th century, adventurous spirits have been fascinated with the ascent of the highest mountain in the world. Tenzing Sherpa of Nepal and Sir Edmund Hillary from New Zealand became the first people to stand on the top of the world on may 29, 1953 through south Col via Khumbu Glacier and continued their ascent to the Summit via the Southeast Ridge.