

This hat reminds me of mt.Everest because you wear has when it is cold and it is very cold on mt. Everest.
-Temperature-
The average temperatures in the summit never rises above freezing or 32° F. The summit temperatures in January average -33° F and can drop to -76° F. In July, the average summit temperature is -2° F.
-Height-
29,028 feet, or 5 and a half miles above sea level. Also this is the height of almost 20 empire state buildings.
Climbing it
number of people who have tried-about 4,000 Number of people who were successful in climbing it-660
People who have died trying-142
-Age-
approximately 60 million years old
-Formed-
this mountain was formed by a glacier
-location-
part of the Himalayan mountain range. Straddles border Nepal and Tibbit.
-why named Mt. Everest-
Mt.Everest was named that because it was named after Sir George Everest who was a British surveyor-general of India.
Notable dates
1921 — Dalai Lama allows British reconnaissance party to visit Tibet and the northern side of Mt. Everest.
1924 — British explorers George Mallory and Andrew Irvine disappear near the summit, along the Northeast Ridge. It is possible that they may have actually been the first to reach the summit, but they never returned.
1949 — Nepal opens its borders, making access to the mountain's southern peak possible.
1953 — Hillary and Norgay reach summit.
1963 — First Americans reach the summit.
1989 — First two women, both American, reach the summit.
1990 — Sir Edmund Hillary's son, Peter, reaches summit.
1996 — Eleven people die during spring expeditions
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