Mount Everest is the highest mountain peak in the world.
Imagine just a minute standing on the highest point on Earth – the top of Mount
Everest, then what would you feel.
Mount Everest is part of the Himalayas, a mountain range in
Asia. This mountain range forms a wall Between India and china. Mount Everest
itself straddies the border between Nepal and Tibet.
Scientists have measured mount Everest very carefully. The top
of the mountain is 8,848 meters above sea level. The air at the top of Mount
Everest is very thin. It’s hard to breathe up there. The thin air can make
people sick even on the lower slopes of the mountain.
Mount Everest is named after a British land surveyor, Sir
George Everest. In 1865, he became the first person to accurately estimate the
height of the mountain.
People living near the mountain, however, have other names
for it. One name, sagarmatha, means “forehead in the Sky.” Another local name,
chomolungma, means “Mother Goddess of the World.”
Thousands of people have tried to climb Mount Everest. Most
have failed. Many have died trying.
The first two people to stand on top of Mount
Everest did so in 1953. Thy were Tenzing norgay, a brave son of mother Nepal
and the New Zealand climbers sir Edmund Hillary. Since then, hundreds of
climbers have reached the top of the mountain. And for many other climbers,
Mount Everest remains the most prized peak to conquer. 
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