| Mount Everest, the highest point above sea level in | | | | climb Everest requires that the climber have a permit |
| the world borders on Tibet, Nepal and China in the | | | | which would cost him about $25,000 per person in |
| Asian Himalaya range. It received its first official | | | | American dollars. These permits are the major part |
| English name of "Everest" in 1865. | | | | of Nepal's income. |
| Mount Everest attracts climbers from all parts of the | | | | Everest has claimed about Two Hundred and Ten |
| world and of all sporting levels from the novice to | | | | lives over the years; It claimed fifteen deaths of |
| the seasoned mountaineer and anyone that is willing | | | | people trying to descend from the mountain. The last |
| to pay the price asked for by professional | | | | eight of that group died in May of 1996. These |
| mountaineers to help them have a successful climb. | | | | fifteen people were caught in what is called the |
| Although the mountain does not pose a climbing | | | | "death zone" where the wind and weather are so |
| problem on the standard route, there is inherent | | | | cruel that rescue is near impossible. The bodies of |
| danger on some of the other points. There is also | | | | most of the people that have perished in the death |
| the problem of certain illnesses that can be | | | | zone are just left there. These bodies can be seen |
| contracted by the climber such as altitude sickness. | | | | by climbers who take the standard route up and |
| There are also dangers from wind and weather. To | | | | down the mountain. |