Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Mt. Everest: Natural Wonder

We have seen and read that almost of the World's Wonder that attracts most of the people were those wonders that was created by God. Many people won't agree perhaps because we know that there are still who don't believe and acknowledge God's Wonderful Creation.
Perhaps we can say that one of the natural yet consider as World's Wonder that was there already placed by God during creation is the Mount Everest.

This is the highest mountain in the world which attracts many well-experienced mountaineers as well as novice climbers who are willing to pay substantial sums to professional mountain guides to complete a succesful climb.

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Mount Everest is so famous for being so high that you've probably heard of it before. It has been known over the world since the early 1950's when Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzig Norgay first climbed to its awesome summit. Hillary surveyed Everest at the time and determined that it was 29,000 ft./8,840m high-a figure amazingly close to the current reading of 29,035ft./8,850m, which was confirmed using radar and global positioning satellite (GPS) technology.

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Mount Everest being the highest mountain on earth is (29,035 ft)and perhaps the peak most shrouded in mountain climbing lore. Everest is part of the Himalaya range,located on the borderbetween Nepal and Tibet.

Nepal name for Mount Everest is Sagarmantha which means goddess of the sky, and in Tibet Chomolungma, which means mother goddess of the universe.

Sir George Everest was the first person to record the height and location of Mt. Everest. This is where Mt. Everest got it's name (in American Language).

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Until now, there are still many mountain climbers from different parts of the world who wishes to visit this place not only for viewing it's beauty but aiming to climb it's peak. Natural Wonder that was created by God but until now became famous.



Resources: en.wikipedia.org
                   www.mnteverest.net
                   www.extremescience.com