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CoESPU ON KALA PATTHAR AND EVEREST BASE CAMP

Home to the highest
peaks on the planet, the
Himalayas begin in
Pakistan stretching across
India, Bhutan and Nepal
until reaching China in
the East. This is a
majestic landscape of
mountains, deep valleys
and glaciers, dominated
by Mount Everest.
The Everest, also known
in Nepal as Sagarmatha,
is Earth’s highest
mountain. Its peak is 8,848 metres (29,029 ft.) above sea level. This legend-haunted mountain has
captivated intrepid men and women since the 1920s: climbers from all over the world ready to make
huge sacrifices, often losing their lives, in their attempts to the summit.
In 1953 Everest summit was conquered by Tenzing Norgay, a Nepalese Sherpa climber from
Darjeeling, India, and the New Zealander Sir. Edmund Hillary, as climbing team of the ninth British
Mount Everest expedition, led by John Hunt.

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