Fact 54: How tall is Mount Everest

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 Fact 54: How tall is Mount Everest


Everest is 8,849 m tall, interestingly Everest is named after Colonel Sir George Everest (a Welsh surveyor and geographer) (born 4 July 1790- died December 1866)  so should technically be pronounced Eve-rest because that is how his name was and should be pronounced.


The first people to climb Mount Everest (and reach the summit) were Edmund Hillary (20 July 1919-11 January 2008) and Tenzing Norgay (29 May 1914-9 May 1986) the both climbed Mount Everest on 29 May 1953.



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