nepal - tibet travel
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When two continental plates collide, mountains form. Mt. Everest is the higest mountain peak in the world at 29,035 feet. Airplanes fly at 30,000 feet. People have always sought to climb this mountain. In 1953, almost 52 years ago, Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay became the first team to reach the summit of Everest. Today there is a thriving tourist industry around guided climbs to the top of Mt. Everest. To make such a climb requires sacrifices of time, money and many physical hardships. Some do not return. There are still 175 bodies that remain on Everest from people who have died in their attempt to reach the highest point in the world. What do you think? Would you want to climb to the top of Mt. Everest? What do you think it would take to get there? Is it worth it?
Click on the link in the sidebar for a 360 degree panorama from the top of Everest. See what others have seen. This QTVR image was taken in January of 2005.
Mt. Everest began forming 60 million years ago from the collision of the Indian plate with the Eurasian plate. Click on this link for more information. Click here for an animation of the formation of the Himalayas.
