Augusto Girelli, Lorenzo Postal, Matheus Presotto Comin

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Augusto Girelli, Lorenzo Postal, Matheus Presotto Comin.

Location: Mount Everest is the highest mountain on Earth. It is located in the Himalayas, on the border between the Republic of China (Tibet) and Nepal.

Height: 8848.43 m

Name Everest: The name of the hill is a tribute to George Everest (surveyor of India), the first man to set its altitude and position. This occurred in 1841. The mountain was named at first as Peak XV.

Arrival at the peak: The first two people to arrive at the peak were Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay, on May 29, 1953.

Climbers: Everest is the mountain climbers think is the most challenging, because it represents a great difficulty. Several climbers have died trying to reach the summit of the mountain.

1996: During the 1996 climbing season, 19 people died while trying to reach the summit.

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