Mount Everest (so named since 1865, in homage to the English geographer and topographer George Everest , 1790-1866) is located between Nepal and China and is one of the places in the world that has established the greatest challenges for the imagination, tenacity and resistance of the human being. Since 1924, the year in which the first expedition to the top was made, more than 6,000 people have made attempts to conquer its 8,848-meter height. That first time, none of the expedition members returned. But in 1953, two climbers achieved what was believed impossible until then:to put their feet on the top of Everest. The Sherpa (inhabitant of eastern Nepal, in the Himalayas) Tenzing Norgay and the New Zealander Sir Edmund Hillary they were the first men to succeed in this adventure. Hillary He passed away on January 10, 2008. He was 88 years old.
Mount Everest It is the highest point of the Himalayan Mountain Range, which crosses the countries of Bhutan, Nepal, China and India, source of some of the largest rivers in the world such as the Ganges, Indus, Yangste, among others, in whose channels live no less than 1.3 billion people. The Himalayan mountains are known for their intimate relationship with Asian religions such as Hinduism and Buddhism, as they are considered sacred places.
Before being known worldwide as Mount Everest , was named Peak XV by virtue of its location in the impressive and long Himalayan mountain range. However, Everest has two other names:while in Nepal it is called Sagarmatha (“Head of the sky”), in China it is called Chomolungma or Qomolangma Feng ("Mother of the universe"). Although the ascent is dangerous from the start, beyond 8,000 meters the "death zone" begins, where temperature and atmospheric pressure become serious threats to climbers.
Now, you can see Mount Everest from the comfort of your office, home or internet booth. How? thanks to the impressive photographic work of David Breashears , which has created the highest definition image of Everest ever achieved. Using a 300-millimeter lens and assembling some 400 photos with a computer program, Breashears has achieved an image of 3,800 million pixels. Thanks to this resolution, you can navigate through the image and zoom in on different parts of the glacier with great precision, even being able to distinguish a climber. The photos that make up this gigantic image were taken at about 5,700 meters above sea level. (Watch it and explore the frozen slopes of Everest by clicking here).