Have you ever heard of Mt.8848 ?
Nepal is country that lies in the lap of himalayas . It's also recognized by the country having the highest elevation of land due to existence of adobe of snow "Mount.Everest" . The other name of this is Mt.8848 .
What's so interesting ?
It is a 60 millions old mountain with about the height of 8848 m (currently 8852 m) or 29029 ft .
Has a sub-zero temperature which ranges to -36° C (about -33° F) during coldest month and can drop as low as -60° C (-76° F) during warmth month .
The wind blows at a speed of 200mph which can blow off the humans .
And the Avalanches are just too mainstream for this mountain .It has a demarcation line at 26,240 ft called the Death Zone , where the oxygen levels are going down .
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Has anyone tried to reach there ?
Hillary with Nepalese Sherpa Tenzing Norway were the first to climb .
Just went through some survey's , and the most people question about the
- cost to reach there !
it's around $70,000 varies according to number of expedition.
- how many have reached ?
Now , till date 4,469 have summitted where 282 have died on the route to death zone .
How about knowing interesting route to reach to top ?
It takes about 65-68 days to rach to top .
To reach to the summit , on the way has mainly 4 base camps ,
starting from Nepal .. following through khumbu icefall having many glaciers and big icefall mountains treking for first 24 days . isn't it so Interesting and daring ?
Oh just wait !
Then following through Geneva Spur , having big rocks and then to hilary step .
Dare it !
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Very niceshare and very intresting comparision and thoughts. Love it.
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