The highest Mountain in the world.

Its peak rises to 8848m(29028 ft 9 in) -the highest point in the world.Mount Everest is situated in eastern Himalayas-its summit ridge separates  Nepal and Tibet.It was discovered to be the world highest mountain in 1856 by survey department of the Government of India.Measurements  from theodolite readings taken  in 1849 and 1850 gave the first accurate measurement and revealed the peak to be the world's highest.

Naming Everest.
The mountain was named after col.sir George Everest{uk},who was surveyor-general of India from 1830 to 1843, and who, in fact, pronounced his name 'Eve-rest' as opposed  'Ever-est'.
Mount Everest is also known by the tibetan name chomolungma {goddess Mother of the World}and by the nepali name Sagarmatha {Forehead in the sky}.

Climbing Everest
Many human triumphs and tragedies have been played out on everest's slopes.
George Mallory[UK] was one of the first to lead an  expedition to climb the peak, in 1921.He perished  not  far from the summit on his 1924 expedition and his body was discovered in 1999.The challenge to climb the highest mountain  has not waned since the peak was first conquered in 1953 by Sherpa Tenzing Norgay [Nepal] and Sir Edmund Hillary [New zealand].


A record-breaking mountain .
Mount Everest has been the inspiration for many Guinness World Records;from the simple fact of being the world's highest peak, to being the venue for the world highest-altitude concert.
Many of the records achieved on Everest are broken regularly-and some of the current record holders are featured on these pages.
As the world's highest peak, Everest will always attract adventurous climbers and records will continue to be broken on its slopes.