- Everest was formed about 60 million years ago
- 29,035 ft (8850m)
- Sir George Everest in 1865 ,the British surveyor-general of India. Once known as Peak 15
- May 29,1953 by Sir Edmund Hillary, NZ and Tenzing Norgay, NP, via the South Col Route
- May 1,1963, James Whittaker, via the South-Col
- First Oxygen-less Attempt - May 8, 1978- Reinhold Messner, IT, and Peter Habeler, AUT, via the South-East Ridge
- Youngest Person - Temba Tsheri on May,22,2001 – 15 years old
- Oldest Person - Sherman Bull May,25,2001 - 64 years old
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