Mount Everest;
Ranked as the world's highest point , Mount Everest has became the ultimate challenge for adventurous and daring people. In the early climbing the mountain , the people who dared to climb relied on their bravery ; they knew little about survival at such extreme altitudes and lacked adequate equipment and supplies .
The British led the first expeditions to reach the heights of Mr. Everest , and by 1924 one man Edward Felix Norton , came within 900 feet of reaching the top but he could not reach the summit . Two other members of that British expedition , George Leigh Mallory and Andrew Irvine , continued climbing . They were last spotted near the top but they never returned . The honour of being the first men to conquer the majestic peak went to members of the 1953 British team , Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay ,who took bottled oxygen in order to survive momentarily at the top of the world.Today the mountain still challenges people from around the world , and many make it to the top with the help of experienced and expensive guides and lots of oxygen some have even made it without bottled oxygen. Nevertheless many like Mallory and Irvine do not return from the highest mountain in the world...
Mount Everest; Ranked as the world's highest point , Mount Everest has became the ultimate challenge for adventurous and daring people. In the early climbing the mountain , the people who dared to climb relied on their bravery ; they knew little about survival at such extreme altitudes and lacked adequate equipment and supplies . The British led the first expeditions to reach the heights of Mr. Everest , and by 1924 one man Edward Felix Norton , came within 900 feet of reaching the top but he could not reach the summit . Two other members of that British expedition , George Leigh Mallory and Andrew Irvine , continued climbing . They were last spotted near the top but they never returned . The honour of being the first men to conquer the majestic peak went to members of the 1953 British team , Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay ,who took bottled oxygen in order to survive momentarily at the top of the world.Today the mountain still challenges people from around the world , and many make it to the top with the help of experienced and expensive guides and lots of oxygen some have even made it without bottled oxygen. Nevertheless many like Mallory and Irvine do not return from the highest mountain in the world...