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Mount EVEREST ( 8 8 m)

Mt Everest (Chomolungma @ Goodess mother of the world)

first climbed by Edmund HILLARY in 9 3

location: Nepal, Himalayas(east); the peak is 8 8m / 8 ft high.

Mount Everest, the world's highest mountain, rises in the eastern HIMALAYAS between Nepal and Tibet, about 1 0 km 1 0 mi) northeast of Katmandu. A young, limestone mountain not yet worn by erosion, it has two peaks, one of which reaches 8 2 m

1 8 ft). Everest is covered with snow except for its bare,

gale-swept summits. Many glaciers, including spectacular Rongbuk, feed rivers that rise near Everest's base. The mountain supports little life, although spiders and insects have been

found as high as 6 00 m 2 00 ft). The mountain's name, given in 8 5, honors Sir George Everest, the British surveyor general

of India who established the location and approximate altitude of

the mountain. The Tibetan name Chomolungma means 'goddess mother of the world '

Climbing attempts began in the early 1 2 s, and several expeditions came within 3 0 m ( 00 ft) of the top. Success came after the development of special equipment to cope with the low oxygen supply, high winds, and extreme cold. On May 9,

19 3, Edmund HILLARY of New Zealand and Tenzing Norgay, a Nepalese Sherpa tribesman, members of an expedition led by British Col. John Hunt, reached the top. Since then Everest has been conquered many times, with the first successful U.S. attempt in 9 3.

Bibliography: Ahluwalia, H. P., Faces of Everest ( 9 8 ; Hillary, Edmund, High Adventure 1 5 ); West, J. B., Everest: The Testing Place ( 9 5 .

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Mount Everest, the world's highest mountain, rises in the eastern Himalayas between Nepal and Tibet. It has two peaks, one of which reaches 72 m 2 08 ft). (T. Spencer/Colorific)

K 8 11 m)

K2 (Godwin Austen)

first climbed by Ardito Desio in 9

location: Pakistan, Himalayas (west); the peak is 61 m / 8 68 ft high.

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Godwin Austen, officially named K2, is the world's second highest peak and is located in northern Kashmir, Pakistan, in the

KARAKORAM RANGE of the Himalayas. It has an elevation of 8 16 m

2 8 ft). It was the second peak to be measured in the 8 6 survey of the Karakoram Range (hence, K ) and was originally named for its first surveyor, Henry Haversham Godwin-Austen (1 3 9 3). Numerous attempts to reach its snow- and

glacier-covered summit failed until an Italian team, led by the geologist Ardito Desio, succeeded in .

To the north the land rises to elevations between

300 and 00 m 1 0 0 and 0 ft) in the Himalayan foothills and elevations of more than 0 m 0 ft) in the rugged

mountains of the HINDU KUSH and Kashmir s KARAKORAM RANGE, where

GODWIN AUSTEN (K2), the world's second highest peak, rises to

8 6 1 m ( 8 2 0 ft).

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Mc Kinley (6 95 m)

Mount McKinley (Denali): location: North America, Alaska;

two peaks: South Peak (6 90 m/20 20 ft) first climbed by Hudson STUCK in 9 3.

North Peak ( 9 4 m/1 4 0 ft) first climbed by the Sourdough party in 9 9.

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Mount McKinley (or Denali), in south central Alaska, is the highest mountain in North America. Located in the Alaska Range about 40 km ( 50 mi) south of Fairbanks, Mount McKinley is a twin-peaked mountain; the higher South Peak 6 1 0 m/2 3 0 ft)

was first climbed by the Hudson STUCK expedition in 1 1 , and the North Peak (5 34 m/19 4 0 ft) was first climbed by the Sourdough party in 1 0 . The mountain was named for future President

William McKinley in 1 96 by W. A. Dickey, a prospector; the peak was previously called Densmore s Peak. The mountain has severe weather, and the upper two-thirds is permanently snow-covered, with winds to 60 km/h 1 0 mph) near the summit. Earthquakes sheared off much of the south face in 9 2. Wildlife includes

Dall sheep and caribou. The peak is included in Denali National

Park which was established in 9 7 as McKinley National Park. Picture Caption[s]

Mount McKinley (or Denali), in south central Alaska, is the highest mountain in North America. Named for future President William McKinley in 1 96, its South Peak 6 1 0 m/2 20 ft) was first climbed by the Hudson Stuck expedition in 1 1 . (ZEFA)

Kilimanjaro (5 94 m)

Kilimanjaro location: Africa, Tanzania

first climbed by Johannes Rebmann and Ludwig Krapf in 1 4 . two peaks: Kibo 8 5 m / 9 40 ft high

Mawenzi 5 49 m / 1 5 4 ft

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Kilimanjaro, the highest mountain in Africa, is a snow-covered inactive volcano on the plains of northeastern Tanzania close to the border with Kenya. It has two peaks: the taller, Kibo, is 8 5 m ( 9 3 0 ft) high, and the lower, Mawenzi, is 49 m (1 5 4 ft). Kibo and Mawenzi are

connected by a ridge. The crater of Kibo, 2 km 2 mi) wide and up to 00 m 9 4 ft) deep, is covered by a thick, slowly decreasing ice cap. Members of the Masai tribe inhabit the lower parts of the mountain, where there are also coffee plantations.

The first Europeans to discover Kilimanjaro, the legendary burial

place of King Solomon, were two German missionaries, Johannes Rebmann and Ludwig Krapf, in 84 . Their tales of a snow-covered peak near the equator, however, were not initially believed.

Later two other Germans were the first to reach ) the Kibo summit.