• Elevation: 29,035 ft – 8 850m (the highest mountain in the world).
• Named after Colonel George Everest (1790-1866).
• May 29, 1953: New Zealander Sir Edmund Hillary, 33, born on 1919/07/20, and Sherpa Tenzing were the first to reach the “Roof of the World.”
• 2003, the 50th anniversary of the 1st ascent of Mount Everest.
• 16 mai 1975 Junko Tabei fut la première femme à atteindre le sommet.
• On May 16, 1975 Junko Tabei was the first woman to reach the summit.
• May 15, 1991, 1stQuebecker to climb Everest: Yves Laforêt.
• May 5, 1999, 2nd: Bernard Voyer. Arrived at 12:10 p.m. from Nepal, spent 40 minutes at the summit.
• 14 mountains are higher than 8 000m and all are located in the Himalayas.
• Everest base camp: 5 400m