Mt. Everest Expeditions (8848m./29029 Ft.)
Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the world, standing 8848m/29029ft tall, standing 5 and 1/2 miles above the sea level. Named after Sir George Everest, the British surveyor-general of India . Everest is known in Tibet as Chomolungma (it means 'Mother Goddess of the world') and the Nepalese call it Sagarmatha (it means 'Forehead touching the sky' or 'Head in the sky') Mount Everest is located half in Nepal and half in Tibet . Tenzing Norgay Sherpa ( Nepal ) and Sir Edmund Hillary ( New Zealand ) were the first climbers of Everest. Via the South East Ridge Route on 29 th May 1953 . In 1975, first woman ever Ms. Junko Tabei ( Japan ) summitted, via the South East Ridge.
SOUTH-EAST RIDGE
After final preparations in Kathmandu , we take a flight to Lukla and begin our teahouse trek up the Khumbu Valley to Everest base camp. We will establish our base camp at 5500m at the foot of the notorious Khumbu Icefall before making our way to Camp 01 at 6200m. We'll climb to Camp 02 at 6600m smack in the middle of the Western Cwm, up the Lhotse face to Camp 03 at 7200m. Finally, we'll head up the South Col. to Camp 04 at 8000m before making our summit push.
