The Historyof Mount Everest...


	The Historyof Mount Everest...

mugofcoffee

10-19-2008 5:22 AM

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mugofcoffee says:

seems to have collected a lot of info on Everest...site worth a visit, if you are interested in mountaineering or always willing to learn something new every day, just like me

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10-19-2008 5:48 AM

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I am planning to institute an award for top performer in my office called "8848". Why 8848? The tallest peak on earth!

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                  George Everest,
                  Surveyor General of India from 1830 to 1843, records the location of
                  Everest.</FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.everesthistory.com/time3.htm">1848: Peak b
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                  Great Trigonmetrical Survey of India determines the Peak XV is
                  the highest mountain in the world.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.everesthistory.com/time3.htm"><FONT size="2" face="Verdana" color="#000080">1907: Natha
                  Singh, a member of the British Indian Survey, obtains
                  permission to enter the Mount Everest region from the Nepalese
                  side. He maps the Dudh Kosi valley - gateway to the southern
                  route up the mountain - all the way to the end of the Khumbu
                  Glacier.</FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.everesthistory.com/time3.htm">1920: The
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                  on a lecture tour in the United States, a reporter asks
                  Mallory why he wants to climb Everest, and Mallory immortally
                  replies "Because it's there". </FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.everesthistory.com/time3.htm">1933: April
                  3: First flight over Mount Everest</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.everesthistory.com/time3.htm">May 30th: The
                  first oxygenless summit attempt </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.everesthistory.com/time3.htm">May 26: First
                  Assault by Evans and Bourdillon from the South Col using
                  closed-circuit oxygen sets.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.everesthistory.com/time3.htm"><P><FONT size="2" face="Verdana" color="#000080">1955: The
                  height of Everest is adjusted by 26 feet to 29,028 feet (8848
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