About Everest

• Feet 29035 Meters 8848
• The highest mountain on earth.
• Nepalese Name: Sagarmatha
• Tibetan Name: Chomolungma
• Latitude, Longitude - 27� 59' North Latitude, 86� 56' East Longitude
• Location - Himalaya, Tibet-Nepal, Asia
• Location of the Nearest Major Airport - Kathmandu, Nepal
• First Documented Ascent - Edmund Hillary (New Zealand) and Tenzing Norgay (Nepal), 1953
• When to Climb - April, May (pre-monsoon)
• Time to Summit - Depending on route, from one day to weeks.
• Level of Climbing Difficulty - Technically challenging.
• 15 different routes are recognized as completed on Everest.
• Due to the rarefied air, bottled oxygen is used above 7,200 meters.
• Attempting to climb Mount Everest encompasses all of the physical, mental and environmental challenges from the other six highest summits into one expedition.

Check back soon. Rob is updating his itinerary and will post detailed descriptions of the planned trip to Nepal and to the top of the world.